Yeah, just wanted to say I have the best husband ever!!!
He sent me flowers today at work......for no reason. :) Even the tightest of tight-wads like myself enjoy the surprise and joy of getting flowers for no reason. AND he got me daisys so they should last a long time.
Continuing on, we are going to be re-vamping our bathrooms shortly!!! Yea! I have been waiting patiently, and it is almost here! Saturday we went and picked out what we wanted for both bathrooms, and priced some things. Turns out, it is going to be less expensive that I had origionally thought. Bonus. I primed the hall bathroom, and plan on painting tonight - sage green, thanks for asking (it was a light and navy blue "under the sea" theme - I described it as looking like a children's coloring book- not too pretty). I've got to get the painting taken care of before the cabnits and countertops come in - don't want to get paint drippings on the new stuff. I will try to post some before and after pictures when everything is finished (may be a month or so).
Family news.....Mom, Dad, and Courtney all arrived safely back in Texas - Praise God! and God willing she will now begin her long road to healing and getting her life put back together. Keep praying!!
Knitting news... I have completed the back and the front left panal of the baby sweater I am attempting to knit. I am getting a little bit faster, but I am still pretty slow. At least my stitches appear to be even. My first project (a little hat) wasn't completely horrible (but far from gift worthy), and best of all, I learned a few things from it, so that's the important thing.
The LCMS NYG is this weekend in Orlando! All the hard work and planning will finally come to fruition. I pray that the kids have a wonderful, faith building, friendship making, inspiring time! Keep us all in your prayers! We are leaving Friday evening and having a night of fun at (appropriatly) Fun Spot before the gathering starts on Saturday afternoon. I've never been go-carting before, so I'm sure that will be an experience!
All in all, this has started out to be a fabulous week! Hope yours is going just as well!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Sometimes you have to wonder........
Well, a bit of bad news. The St. Paul administration building was broken into and robbed the Monday night. The culprit took loose cash and stole Nick's laptop. It unfortunatly gets worse - the computer guys at church didn't have his laptop connected to the server, so ALL of his hours and hours of work were lost. Needless to say, it wasn't a great day yesterday. So, last night I tried to make things a little better. I made a manly man's meal of meatball subs and we watched a movie. We also prayed for the safe return of the computer.
This morning when Nick got to work, he was greeted and then sent down to the police station. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that the robber (aka idiot boy) was caught trying to break into the middle school building last night. Hitting up the same spot two nights in a row! That's smart. Doesn't this dude watch Cops? It sounds like it was quite exciting, though. The superintendant was called out at 1:30 this morning and there were 6 units, a canine unit, and a helicopter! That would have been a sight to see. Despite finding Nick's laptop bag, on him, idiot boy said it was his "friend" that hit up the admin building the night before. Riiiigghhhtttt. That's why Nick had to go down town - to identify the bag.
Unfortunately, the computer was not in the bag, but perhaps there is still a gleaming ray of hope that we will get it back.
P.S. This upstanding citizen has a record. He was caught breaking into another church in town not too long ago. What a winner. Someone made the comment, "Isn't that like a straight ticket to hell? That's like mugging a nun or something!" I thought that was pretty funny.
Ah, speaking of God working in mysterious ways, my sister is going to come home to my mom and dad! At long last, our countless prayers have been answered (at least partially). She was recently diagosed with fibromyalgia (where your muscles just hurt all over for no apparent reason), and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I am so thankful, and will continue to pray for all since it is going to be a long hard road for all physically, emotionally, and financially. Please keep everyone in your prayers!
I do have to report some happy news, though. It can't all be depressing or deep! I am getting close to finishing my first knitting project! Picture to come soon..... :)
Knitting, although much more tedious than crochet, is way too cool and I can't wait to get better and better!
This morning when Nick got to work, he was greeted and then sent down to the police station. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that the robber (aka idiot boy) was caught trying to break into the middle school building last night. Hitting up the same spot two nights in a row! That's smart. Doesn't this dude watch Cops? It sounds like it was quite exciting, though. The superintendant was called out at 1:30 this morning and there were 6 units, a canine unit, and a helicopter! That would have been a sight to see. Despite finding Nick's laptop bag, on him, idiot boy said it was his "friend" that hit up the admin building the night before. Riiiigghhhtttt. That's why Nick had to go down town - to identify the bag.
Unfortunately, the computer was not in the bag, but perhaps there is still a gleaming ray of hope that we will get it back.
P.S. This upstanding citizen has a record. He was caught breaking into another church in town not too long ago. What a winner. Someone made the comment, "Isn't that like a straight ticket to hell? That's like mugging a nun or something!" I thought that was pretty funny.
Ah, speaking of God working in mysterious ways, my sister is going to come home to my mom and dad! At long last, our countless prayers have been answered (at least partially). She was recently diagosed with fibromyalgia (where your muscles just hurt all over for no apparent reason), and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I am so thankful, and will continue to pray for all since it is going to be a long hard road for all physically, emotionally, and financially. Please keep everyone in your prayers!
I do have to report some happy news, though. It can't all be depressing or deep! I am getting close to finishing my first knitting project! Picture to come soon..... :)
Knitting, although much more tedious than crochet, is way too cool and I can't wait to get better and better!
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Taking the bad with the good.....
Sometimes life is unfair and you just don't understand why. That is what happened to me this past weekend. Per my previous post, I had planned to go to Texas to see my dear friend, Jonathan, get married. Well, I didn't get further than the Tampa airport. It was all the joys of going to the airport and on a trip without the end result making all the hassle worth it - pack, check and double check I have everything, drive to the airport during rush-hour malfunction junction traffic, airport parking, airport transit, SECURITY, delays, sitting alone waiting for hours reading a book that is not so good (For Planets and Kings by Ethan Canin did not float my boat. I kept reading hoping there would be this great ending and I would understand the point of the book, but, alas, the ending did no more for me than the beginning or middle). All this only to find out that I will miss my connecting flight and they have no other flights to San Angelo until 6 the following evening. Great just great.
Disappointed and upset doesn't even begin to describe what I felt. After calming myself down, and touching base with the people I needed to, I had to trust that God's knowledge is much greater than mine and I must continue to trust in Him. I did receive word and some great pictures from Kim, and it seems to have been beautiful and wonderful - for that I am thankful.
So what do you do when life hands you lemons.... I called up Julianna and we went shopping - she had to get some cool duds for her upcoming speaking event. She was able to find some great outfits and bargains for the NYG and work, too! We then headed home and I made grilled chicken with vegi kabobs and baked potatoes (yum!). Another friend who was baching it this weekend while his wife was out of town came over as well, and after dinner we all played a rousing game of Apples to Apples. Let me tell you, if you haven't played this, you should grab some friends and try it out. FUN and Funny!
I have also learned the two basic knit stitches courtesy of Julianna. I've done multiple rows, and it doesn't look extremely atrocious! How exciting! It's going to take lots of practice and learning how to read a pattern before I can make some socks, but I'll eventually get there.
For the 4th, we hopped on over to the Space Coast to see our dear friends, Dave and Sonya, who's recent call to Faith Lutheran Church brought them closer to us. It was so great to see them! We went to eat dinner on the 3rd, and woke up in the morning to drink coffee and chat. Sonya and I went to lay by the pool in between the rain showers and read while the boys played PS2. We got around about 1 and headed to the park for lunch - hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, and coke for $1. That's right, $1. Pretty awesome if you ask me! After that, we drove around, toured the church, went to Target (they had an AMAZING clearance section, and I found some great deals! 2 pairs of cropped pants for work, a cute skirt I can dress up or down, a nice white button-up dress shirt, and a cute t-shirt all for $40.) Not bad, not bad at all!
**Side note: Is it just me, or do you find that after HS your closet slowly but surely migrates to Target and clearance items? Currently, about 80% of the clothes in my closet are one of those two things.**
But, I digress...After that excitement, we went home, and watched some Mythbusters and Food Network while Dave worked on his home-made pasta we had for dinner (it was awesome!). We then trucked it down to the city park where they had a great symphony orchestra and a fireworks display. We played Phase 10 and ate funnel cakes and cotton candy that Sonya insisted on because it was "holiday food". :) Early this morning we came back for another exciting day at work.
So, all in all, I can't complain. Despite the bad this week, there was lots of good, too. Blessings to all for a great weekend!
Disappointed and upset doesn't even begin to describe what I felt. After calming myself down, and touching base with the people I needed to, I had to trust that God's knowledge is much greater than mine and I must continue to trust in Him. I did receive word and some great pictures from Kim, and it seems to have been beautiful and wonderful - for that I am thankful.
So what do you do when life hands you lemons.... I called up Julianna and we went shopping - she had to get some cool duds for her upcoming speaking event. She was able to find some great outfits and bargains for the NYG and work, too! We then headed home and I made grilled chicken with vegi kabobs and baked potatoes (yum!). Another friend who was baching it this weekend while his wife was out of town came over as well, and after dinner we all played a rousing game of Apples to Apples. Let me tell you, if you haven't played this, you should grab some friends and try it out. FUN and Funny!
I have also learned the two basic knit stitches courtesy of Julianna. I've done multiple rows, and it doesn't look extremely atrocious! How exciting! It's going to take lots of practice and learning how to read a pattern before I can make some socks, but I'll eventually get there.
For the 4th, we hopped on over to the Space Coast to see our dear friends, Dave and Sonya, who's recent call to Faith Lutheran Church brought them closer to us. It was so great to see them! We went to eat dinner on the 3rd, and woke up in the morning to drink coffee and chat. Sonya and I went to lay by the pool in between the rain showers and read while the boys played PS2. We got around about 1 and headed to the park for lunch - hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, and coke for $1. That's right, $1. Pretty awesome if you ask me! After that, we drove around, toured the church, went to Target (they had an AMAZING clearance section, and I found some great deals! 2 pairs of cropped pants for work, a cute skirt I can dress up or down, a nice white button-up dress shirt, and a cute t-shirt all for $40.) Not bad, not bad at all!
**Side note: Is it just me, or do you find that after HS your closet slowly but surely migrates to Target and clearance items? Currently, about 80% of the clothes in my closet are one of those two things.**
But, I digress...After that excitement, we went home, and watched some Mythbusters and Food Network while Dave worked on his home-made pasta we had for dinner (it was awesome!). We then trucked it down to the city park where they had a great symphony orchestra and a fireworks display. We played Phase 10 and ate funnel cakes and cotton candy that Sonya insisted on because it was "holiday food". :) Early this morning we came back for another exciting day at work.
So, all in all, I can't complain. Despite the bad this week, there was lots of good, too. Blessings to all for a great weekend!
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