More Painting

I got some more painting done today… I had hoped that we would be farther along than we are… Oh well… I guess we’re not on a time limit. *lol*
Anyway, today I got the breakfast nook painted. Since it’s small and opens up between the kitchen and the classroom (aka the family room), it was [...]

Looks like Alicia Comes By it Naturally…

Can you believe this picture? I was such a hormone crazed dork! … How immature was I? *rofl* … This was taken when I was 21, and we were in California on vacation. I believe we were in San Luis Obispo (where I was born), visiting Mom’s friend, Pat.
I can’t write much… I am so [...]

Real Men Wear Goatees

So… Have I mentioned that Joe has decided to grow a goatee? Have I also mentioned that I’m not sure what I think about it? … I’ve never been much of a beard person. I don’t mind a mustache, and to be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Joe without a mustache. *lol* But [...]

Two FREE Digi-Scrap Group Mega Kits

I think I have some digi-scrapping lurkers out there, so I thought I would share some links with you. … My friend, Mandy, shared them with me.
The first is a mega kit with over 40 designers contributing to it, and it will only be available for the month of July (sorry I am late [...]

More Tidbits

Tidbit #1

There isn’t anything going on, which is why things have been so quiet on my blog. We’re just enjoying a do-nothing week. The only non-home thing we’ve done this week is to go to the dentist on Wednesday, and then stop by to feed my SIL’s cat (they are camping this week)… We are [...]

Give Daddy a Heart Attack, Why Don’t You

Today Josh and I both had dentist appointments to get some teeth filled, and while we were in there, Joe hung out in the waiting room with the rest of the kids. Joe tells me that Alicia was flipping through a People magazine when she said, “Oh my, isn’t that a lovely sight!” … Joe looked [...]

VodPod

For a while now I’ve been wondering about the VodPod widget in my wordpress dashboard… Well today, I finally got around to playing with it, and I found out that it’s pretty cool! … I now have a VodPod account.
Do you see the new video thing on my sidebar, under the flickr link? Those are [...]

\o/ Praise the Lord

I just read an amazing story about listening to the VOICE of GOD. It made me cry, and I know it will touch your heart as well… It just proves how REAL God is, and I pray that with this story, some lost souls will find their way to the Lord.

Question of the Day

Why is it that on my parent’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration, no one took a picture of THEM?
I’m just saying…
Edit: I got a lot more pictures posted to the new flickr account, through July 1987. I am starting to look less frumpy. *lol*

Alicia Loses Another Tooth

Alicia lost another tooth on Saturday. … It’s been lose for a while now, but my kids are always quite nervous about getting those teeth out of their mouths. *lol* The tooth had been so lose, I was afraid it would fall out when she was eating or sleeping, and that she would swallow [...]

Independence Day 2008

Man, it’s been a busy couple of days! I wasn’t even able to get on the computer at all yesterday… So I am *really* behind on my blog hopping. I hope I can get caught up today. We shall see.
This morning I got all the pictures that I have taken the last couple days uploaded [...]

God Bless the USA

ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT
During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped. There is now [...]

Fireworks

So… Today Jared tells me about another neighborhood boy. I haven’t met this boy, and don’t even know his name, but I get the feeling that none of the kids care for him much.
Which. Is. A. Very. Good. Thing.
Jared tells me that he likes to show off, and that he is very irritating. He also [...]

Sad

Man, I stayed up too late last night.. And now I’m up too early this morning. Maybe I should go back to bed for a while?
Yesterday I stumbled across a blog written by a guy named Matt… In March his daughter was born 7 weeks premature. 27 hours later his wife died. … She [...]

Our [Mostly] Finished Classroom

Quote of the Day:
You know you watch too much Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman when you hear…
Amanda: “I had a dream last night that you were being kissed by indians!”
Wonder what Daddy will think of that one? *rofl*
Oh… Before I forget, like I did yesterday, thank you to those of you who commented on Alicia’s blog, [...]

The Car Show that Wasn’t

[note: I actually wrote most of this yesterday, but was too sleepy to finish and post... So I'm going to post date it for last night... Julie = Cheater *lol*]
Quote of the Day:
Amanda: (half awake and yawning like crazy) “I was in Jared’s room, and I was really tired, so I went into my room [...]

98th Birthday

We had a nice day today… Joe’s great, great Uncle Charlie (Joe’s great grandpa’s brother) recently turned 98 years old, and they had a birthday party for him today. They (Charlie and Nellie) live in a retirement community thingy in Portland, which is only a mile or so from our house we sold in Portland… [...]

Feyrer Park

Yesterday, after Joe finished putting the second coat of paint on the ceiling in the family room, we met Joe’s sister and her family at Feyrer park for a BBQ… Feyrer Park is a campground on the Molalla River, which is only 5 miles from our house (and 3.5 miles from Scott and Debbie’s house… [...]

Quick Post

I am really sleepy, so this will be quick.
Today I spent the day with a paint brush in my hand… We are now almost done with the family room. All that is left is the second coat on the ceiling and the upper 12 inches (or so) of the walls… You know, the parts [...]

About Teeth

Conversation of the Day:
Josh: “I think that someday I’m going to need braces.” (shows me his slightly crooked top teeth)
Mommy: “Who knows, maybe you will, when you get older.”
Josh: “I don’t mean to brag, but I think I’ll look pretty cute in braces.”
Indeed you would Joshy, indeed you would. *rofl*
My dentist appointment went well today… [...]