Quirky Kids

Ok P started a social skills class at Childrens today. One of the best places in the whole world to people watch is a hospital. A childrens hosptal is even more fun, not the sick kids I wouldn't like that. But the psychology wing is where it's at! Quirky kids are amusing. I know this to be true cause I got one. And a social skills class draws from a whole pool of quirky kids. The ones who are vocal are so cute. I think what I love about them the most is that they are ok with who they are and their quirks and they don't care. If they decide to talk like a robot all the time or a cartoon character all the time they will, and they are completely fine with it. If they decide they are no longer listening to you because they are drawing a picture now, except 1 second ago they were telling you a lengthy story about Ed, Ed, and Eddy....in their world that's perfectly acceptable. (as a PSA...I do not encourage you allowing your child to watch Ed, Ed, and Eddy, they in no way encourage any sort of intelligent thinking what so ever, so if you can at all stop the viewing of any such programing I'd encourage that.) Maybe the fact that I think this behavior is acceptableCould be the reason why my kid needs a social skills class. Man I love to watch people. My apologies to those of you who want to break you monitor now into teeny tiny little pieces. Hee Hee.....I LOVE CHEESE!

I swear I'm not crazy.....

Although my hair is still green. And I am thinking about persuading Layni to retouch it before Monday. I think I am going to make it my summer thing. Or maybe my all the time thing, maybe I'll change colors or something. It is after all a patch of grey, distiguished and not obnoxious, but when it's a different color it makes me unique and fun, so for now it's my thing. Until I get my nose pierced cause I want to, and I'm not sure I can wait until I'm 40 cause that's 2 years away. I might lose my sense of adventure before then.

Another session of Alpha has come to an end. Great mix of women this round. When we combined tables we had all sorts of ages so that was fun. Ton's of lives changed, actually all of them expressed some kind of significant change which is always shocking to me since it's so gradual, the whole time almost every alpha I'm thinking these people think I'm wack they won't be back. Apparently God show's up and speaks through me and they return week after week. It's a bittersweet feeling thinking this will be my last Alpha for a while. I'll miss the connection with folks. I'm naturally an introvert and being an Alpha table facilitator forces me out of my comfort zone in a natural kind of way. Now I am transferring my focus to cubscouts, a whole different world, I'm sure it will be a fun adventure. So this being the last week of Alpha I'm like woohoo freetime.....ummmmm nope. SOS starts on Monday, how'd that happen....my good heavens these people need to start paying me! LOL....just kidding I get paid in Gods love that's for sure, and being able to serve and have fun doesn't seem like it should be legal. Teenagers still scare me, but not as much as they did last year, this year I know what to expect so I feel more ready. And 2 of my Alpha table participants are going to be team leaders so that's super cool, I'm excited to get feedback from their experiences. I'm volunteering EVERYNIGHT cause I am that crazy!!! So pray that my family survives and still loves me when it's all over. I'm prayer team all week except Monday I'm easing my way in to it doing hospitality.....but I'll still need prayer. Pray for the whole week how about that. Considering there was a black out last year the first night and they just had one in the area on Sunday right before the 11:30 service.....UGH....causes crazy chaos when you got several 100 teenagers wandering aimlessly....several thousand adults is a little crazy too. Much prayer please.....

Funny Funny....

That's funny stuff right there. I do not plan to miss this show again. I'm totally watching it next week. Hair is still green. Ron and P are off to summer camp in a few weeks. If you'd like to send camp mail gimme a shout and I'll e-mail you the address.

Headed off on a hike this weekend and scored yet another letterbox. This was a Letterbox/geocache hybrid so we sort of scored twice on that one. Now I feel slightly obsessed and want to find more!

It's Green!!!

I told you it was Green people. Ashton's and Maddie's didn't change color....Maddie did green too, and Ashton did pink. Only thing I figure is my hair was wet, Ashton's was a little damp but not wet, and Maddie's was dry. Maddie did the green so it was obviously mixed right since it worked on me. So Thursday we shoot for round 2 of Kool-Aid hair dying....shall I shoot for more green and greener and not covered up slightly....or another color, say ORANGE? Or maybe pink?? I don't know I kind of like the Green. This batch is very subtle, and you have to look for it, I'd like it to be a little more noticable....thus round 2. Can't wait.

Middleaged Rebellion......

Is middle aged suppose to be hyphenated? Oh thank you spellcheck it does not....I did spell hyphenated wrong the first time. So because I didn't pass LOMA . I feel a little bit like a pissed off teenager and decided to dye a green streak with green Kool-aid. Layni called and said they were doing a streak in Ashton's hair, and did I want to play along? Aside from the fact that at first I saw "Kool-aid" and "Steak" and was excited about experimenting with Lime Kool-aid and Steaks on the grill. Then I re-read the e-mail and was like "Oh totally, perfect rebellion and it'll eventually wash out, I am totally down with that. So Ashton did the whole under part of her hair, pink, and I did the grey patch of hair on the side green. So I sit her with a strip of my hair in tinfoil as I type, and I'll put a dope shower cap on my had to sleep in so as not to get green Kool-aid on my pillow and tomorrow, it'll be some sort of Shrek green. Can't wait.....then I'll get canned and have to work at McDonalds.....sweet.....I know that job, been there done that and with my Shrek green hair, it'll be totally meant to be as part of their Shrek campaign.
So because I didn't pass the stupid test, I don't get to see his Lipness John Mayer, considering I got the "stop spending money lecture tonight", and the failing Loma will cost me $$....unless I threw up one of those "donate" paypal buttons right here on the blog. Except I don't see myself as a worthy charity....maybe John will read my blog, and hook a sister up. We could always wait till the last possible minute and score some already bought tickets off e-bay or ticketmaster, people resell tickets all the time on there.....So if you think you owe me like $50 gimme a call I need the money! Pics tomorrow of my green hair. Ron said um what are you going to do tomorrow if it looks like crap? Good question....probably laugh my butt off. Next I'm piercing my nose.....oh you think I'm kidding?
EDITED TO ADD: I e-mailed John himself sort of begging for free tickets. Like he reads his own mail people.......a girl can dream right? Should I e-mail Ben too?

Studying.....

Really I am. Just a PSA, Poptarts, cancel out the effects of ADD medication. I apologize to any sunday school teacher who may have been stressed out this morning because of my kid. He's got the cute factor going for him so even though he may have been Hyper and unable to sit still or stop humming through his nose, his cuteness made up for him being annoying. He survived, and I didn't even check up on him. I asked him if he missed me and he said well yeah but I didn't cry about it....LOL....
Church was good today. Sort of what I got from it was, "are you living the daily good christian life daily, as a routine, or are you really stepping into all that God has for you on an intimate spiritual level, and allowing him to guide you through every single part of your life? Wow....think about it....like while I'm studying (or not studying) God is right there with me, taking a shower (wierd) he's there....in a deep sleep dreaming about whatever....um there. David talked about it in Psalms 139, I encourage you to read the message version it's good stuff. (or just click on the verse and it'll take you right there.)
If you click the link that goes to the video of the message from today, listen to the 2nd worship song. The other worship leader Charlie Hines wrote that song and I LOVE IT! That's the thing I love about folks who have that gift, they write just what is on your heart, or what you want to say but never have the right words. Here's what I could get....

"I want to lay at your feet
all my pain and all I need
in your place let me sing
Help me find one more way to praise

I want to dance before your throne
I want to jump for joy alone
I want to sing because it's pleasing to your ears
I want to shout for all you've done
I want to hope for things to come
You give me life Lord and I lay it at your feet!"

Seriously does that not perfectly communicate how you feel sometimes, so blessed you are unable to verbalize it. Just saying....now I'm all misty....and so are you!

Weekend Madness....

Might I point out how much I love Costco? I do I love the place, they have everything one could ever need in this world. In an effort to go light-green, cause full on "Green" would be insane. John Mayer spoke of it in his blog on April 26th. I've decided to buy organic stuff, only that which I might find at the Costco. Mainly because, for me that's enough, and I don't want to spend an outrageous fortune on say Sugar for instance. Besides Ron's not so much on board with organic so getting him to get the costco organic goods is meeting me halfway I think. Besides organic is good for the mind. I think Perry's mind is sharper already just from drinking organic milk. Organic is Layni's thing, and John Mayer is her man....cause she thinks he's HOT....If I close my eyes and imagine him sexy, and he just sings the blues and plays the guitar, then to me he is HOT as well. So in celebration of me passing the God forsaken LOMA test I am going to treat myself to see his HOTNESS....along with the everso funny Ben Folds....who likes to use the F word randomly in his singing......which can be amusing when you are in your cube at work. I've not passed the test yet....no studying happened today.....I hope to get disciplined tomorrow and have a full on evening of hardcore studying.....and hopefully your prayers will help....no actually I know they will cause I'm that confident that you people know what you are doing. Theres strength in numbers so even if you don't believe in God pray anyways....and someone will listen....

P's at his first sleepover tonight.....I'm sure he's fine....he's an only child ya know, so yeah...ok he's fine really, I'm sure he's fine. He's got his doodle shark, and his slinky's.....fine...really he's fine. Good Night.

Camping Pics

crawdad catchers, originally uploaded by Yoda0419.

If you click the link "crawdad catchers" you'll get a slide show on Flickr.Too busy to give you a rundown of our fun....but heres some pictures. I'm studying...well suppose to be I wll be in a minute. Once the stupid test is over I'll be back and ready for summer....for real. PLEASE PRAY I PASS THIS THING, I ONLY WANT TO INTERRUPT MY LIFE ONCE WITH STUDYING THIS CRAP!

Gravity....John Love...with Extras.

Still too tired to discuss and post pics of the crazy weekend we had. Full on into the business of life which is just one crisis after another, most of which doesn't even involve my direct family but others around me. Everything from Church stuff to, work crap. Why can't I just not have stuff happen?

Oh and I borrowed Layni John Mayer CD to check out. I know, I know the lips...not much to look at. Put a bag over it and listen to him sing, and it's a whole nother story. Dude is straight talented, makes you feel all warm inside for real!

Did I mention that teenagers scare me lately. My mama wasn't kidding when kids become teenagers their minds are controlled by aliens on mars, I ain't even lying!

Memorial Day Weekend.....OUCH MY BODY HURTS!

Um....seriously, I'm not so sure why I camp and sleep so close to the ground.....for a whole weekend, considering my body is pissed at me right now. The pay off is we had a freakin blast. Happy Memorial Day, I'll post more pictures from the annual camping trip tomorrow possibly Wednesday cause it could take me that long to get back in shape.

P and I took some time to visit the cemetary today, love this moment caught on my camera phone.

God Knows Me!

It's that time of year again, when we join the ranks of other faithful campers and get our camp on at Hueston Woods. Problem is we neglected to secure out spot early like you are suppose to so there are no reservable spots left, dang it. So we hope to get our spot on Thursday and pay for an extra day just to be sure we secure out spot for a weekend of over-crowded camping paradise. Nothing is too small for my God, and he loves me so, I am sure he will hook us up.....besides I had a good God weekend last weekend. Will you send up some words? It's just a campsite so it's not a huge pressing issue, which I am sure won't take up much of his time really.....FOR GOD SAKE PEOPLE PRAY!

Weekend Observations.....

Ok it's been way too long that I haven't had something funny to discuss or an entertaining post to my blog. Trust me I got plenty material this weekend. First of all.....

JUST SAYIN'!

Ok the kid on the right is my nephew Zack, and with his tooth missing. Oh man....if his hair was a little longer and a little bit messier, he could take it on the road and make loads of money. I bet you that Alfred E. Newman loves to talk just as much as Zack too. This boy.....WOW....he's a talking machine, pretty much just about anything....He slept over last night....and he talked until his head hit the pillow.

Over heard this morning while ironing a little girls dress for church:

"At our house sometimes we like to lay in the bed naked......" Don't we all!! I mean occasionally...well we don't normally discuss it.....oh heck we are the naked house, do not come by unannounced!! Just sayin!

That's right a little girls dress....for church....we had ourselves a coed sleepover last night. Normally one wouldn't have 3 children, because 3 is not usually a magic number, except when Perry's involved. Perry is so into entertaining himself, that if theres another twosome, he doesn't care. He enjoys other kids around, but is fine to play by himself with them around, sounds wierd, but it works and it seems perfectly normal.

Oh and heres the girl of the coed madness.

This is Maddie, she's somewhat of a dog whisperer, she can get Kipper to do his tricks, he can sit and give her his paw. She crashed on the love seat, Perry was on the couch, and Zack was on an air mattress on the floor. Everyone went to sleep before midnight, and no one cried for their Mommy's at least not that I was aware of. They had pancakes for Breakfast and Maddie joined us for church....she was really hoping to see people get dunked in the pool again, but no such luck, last time it was baptism weekend.

Perry had a great birthday party. He got what he asked for....not to mention Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends DVD season 1....GOD HELP ME....Cheese didn't show up until season 2, so I don't have much interest in it.

And as if the coed sleepover wasn't enough kid madness I got to enjoy Kylies company this afternoon for a few hours....we had fun with chalk, and hiding the rock.

Much fun was had by many with Aunt Layni's birthday gift. No one at the park was safe from these two.

The weather was so nice this weekend, and I was blessed to kick it with family and friends all weekend.

I am aware of the time....

And I am completely exhausted. Note to self, one should clean house on a regular basis so that when one is having a party it won't take 2 days to get the house presentable. Seriously what I have to go through when having a todo is seriously insane, where does all this crap come from and why doesn't it ever just put itself away??

Plus I waited until after 10 pm to prepare some things for tomorrow....and I still have to wrap a few gifts. So I'm crazy whatever!

3rd graders taking a spelling test are dang cute. Went to Perry's class today to take Birthday treats.....he was completely surprised and could not have been cuter! Passing out his treats. I took small bottles of water, that I had put in the freezer for an hour so they'd be nice and cold. You would have thought these poor children were from Mexico and had never had cold water. They were placing the bottle to their sweet faces and proclaiming....."ahhhh it's cold...." I took chocolate chip mini muffins. Love those instead of the old standard cup cakes.

Too Much time too little to Do....

Strike that reverse it. Holy crap I wasn't kidding when I said May could possibly consume me. End of the school year, big sigh, we made it through another year. Ok P-mans 10th birthday is this weekend, then camping next weekend, and a LOMA test on June 5th.....oh not to mention an Alpha day away retreat this weekend too.....how on earth can I do all that, and study for that stupid test for June 5th God help me!!!

Good Lord I need to go to bed, I don't even have freakin time to blog. Gimme some love people or I could possibly lose it.

Happy Mudersday.....

Mudersday....love me some Mudersday!! At least that's what my card said as it was presented to me in bed with a baby food jar of colorful sand, that I will proudly display on my desk at work. We had a nice day today, time spent with my Mama, just enough time to enjoy her and not hate her....gotta know your limits I always say. Mom's are always lovable, but they seemed to come with a teeny tiny problem I hope I never have. They want to tell you what to do....not realizing you are an adult and you can now make choices on your own. Someone needs to point this part in the parenting handbook out. The part in the Parenting Handbook that says
#57 Once your child leaves your home you can no longer tell them what to do, nor can you offer unsolicited advice.
This seems to be a problem with many parents so apparently they didn't get that far in the book? Ok so to all the mom's in the world who raised their children to be fine upstanding adults.....HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.....and stop telling us what to do we're grown for Godsake!

No More....

I am all filled up on tragedy, and sadness just read some more sad news about some kids, I'm not even going to talk about it, no sir.....no way.....So anyone got any happy news? Anyone? Nothing......I got my eyebrows waxed when I got my hair cut today.....no more big bushes above my eyes or my lip for that matter. She took it upon herself to do both. I think she takes great joy in torturing people really. My face is nice and shiny and red now....and still hurts a bit....OUUUUUCH!

Teenagers are scary creatures. Just sayin'!

Not a Happy One

This makes me cry. I didn't know him, I didn't know his family. I suppose I felt like I knew him from looking at Jen's pages on 2 peas, and reading her blog. His pictures show him with so much life, yet he suffered so much in the end. I wish I knew why these kinds of things have to happen. If it was my child I'm not sure I'd ever recover.

I had a brother (Jeff) who died of Leukemia when he was 4. I was 11 months old when he died. It definately defined the kind of parents I had. As Jen said in her blog squeeze you kids extra long, let them know what they mean to you.



And in some more sad news Tylers not doing well. Your prayers are needed for that little guy. Last I heard earlier today he was having congestive heart failure.


Pull yourself together people I did enough crying for all of us now stop crying and think happy thoughts!!!!!!


Ok some happy news.....ummmm...it's Teacher a Appreciation Week, show you kids teachers some love. I didn't do all the little gifts that were requested of me by a super creative room mother, sorry I can't think about stuff like that everyday...plus I like to do my own thing and I don't respond well to being told what to do. LOL.....so I made a lovely card and sent some other cards I made for the teachers to use.

Overwhelmed....

Is it just this time of year? End of school, nice weather, crazy messy house, too much stuff going on. I don't plan it, I swear it just happens. I try to set boundries, set limits, but I am still OVERWHELMED! Maybe my boundries aren't clear?

My mom says "I don't know why you are so overwhelmed, I had 2 kids, and a full-time job...blah blah blah...." Yeah I know, not helpful. Yeah in the early 80's there wasn't as much oppurtunity to do stuff. Way way way way more stuff in life to do, and you try and schedule it all in cause you might miss something.

Ok so I think I'll clean my house this weekend along with going out to eat for Layni's b-day, going to see a movie at the park with the cubscouts, Spring Arts fair, church, letterboxing, grocery store, shopping for a gift, shopping for a patio set.... (I'm serious I have plans to do all that!) SEE WHAT I MEAN.....why isn't there more than 24 hours in a day??? Can't somebody fix that? And I have a new cricut cartridge I don't have time to play with.

"Mr. Sexton if you Could place Your legs in the Stirrups.....

So I call to check the time of Perry and Ron's doctor appointment. I neglected to write the time down on something that wasn't disposable. The nurse asked me what I was coming in for. I said "I'm not coming in....my name isn't Perry or Ron, I am Jodi why....do they have me down for an appointment. " She said "no it's Ron" and then she starts giggling. She said the reason I'm giggling is because they have him down for a pap and pelvic. Bahahahaha......good luck with that. Oh had I not called. Dr. Koehl would have been in for a surprise. As would Ron since he's never been to this doctor before, and she's a women.

Overheard while camping.....

I am slacking on my blog so sorry....although no one has been yelling yet. Today is May day...guess your suppose to give someone a flower or something. There are no flowers in my yard at all the magnolia tree hasn't even bloomed yet, seems like it should have by now.

Ok so we went camping with the cub scouts this weekend. Many stayed in a cabin which had a loft. The loft had bunks and on night 2 most of the boys stayed in the loft. Perry stayed on the main floor he's not much of a follower, he creates his own space and kind of sticks to it. But many of the boys had Nintendo DS's, and as they were suppose to be going to bed many of them were playing their DS's....which apparently has a chat feature.....(yeah I know scary) they are starting young. So what on earth do 8 and 9 year old chat about? Well one apparently was entering text for a long time, and the one he sent it to was taking forever to read it, to which I heard...."Ben you have to read what I just sent it took me forever to write that...." All the other boys were anxious to hear what he had sent...."what's it say what's it say....." "Um it says....my butt looks big...." That's when the giggling ensued. It's fun to listen to them talk to each other...about Pokemon, spiderman and what not.

SILENCE

Something by Mail....???

Ok so I love Jawbone Radio....one of my favorite podcasts. I had no idea that Len was so talented...seriously I never investigated really I knew he was some sort of artist or illustrator, but I had no idea. And now, I do believe Perry will be watching him draw Monsters for hours. We may no have to pay for art school if Len keeps creating videos, of him drawing. We hope to get a monster during round 2.
So our first 2 Ugly dolls.....I mean Nonsensical Creatures by mail, are almost complete. My friend Heather asked me to make 2 for her girls. I was a bit leery since my artist creates when he wants to create and rarely when you ask him to. Well I asked and he delivered about 6 drawings 2 of which were specifically for the girls. So I hope after I'm done studying for this wonderful LOMA test I have to take on Tuesday, we can crank out some more that can be sold....so gimme a shout if you are in need of a nonsensical creature or a nonsensical bunny.
Oh and it's still Autism Awareness month and my friend Michelle and her son Jason were on the news in Cleveland....funny same place Len and Nora of Jawbone radio live too. Check out Michelle and Jason on the news. Do not give up, that's my motto when it comes to my kid, who is not autistic, but rather quirky, and has many of the same issues some autistic kids struggle with. He's made huge strides this year. Routine is the key. He's growing up, and I think it's time for hormones to start kicking in or something he had his second zit this week, poor kid barely even knows what it is, except dang it hurts, and OUUUUCH....why are you scubbing my face so hard.....he thought it was much cooler to have a "cars" bandaid on his chin than a huge zit....hee hee....I'd have to agree.

A Miracle?

I want God to perform a miracle, and save a little boys life. He does it everyday, so why not for this little boy? I don't know him, have never met him. I don't know his family. I just know that he just turned 13 and he's dying. And that many many women and men in the scrapbooking community all over the world pulled together to do something nice for the family with money and give aways. But what I think he needs the most is prayer. It just seems so unfair, everytime I think about it, it makes me really really sad. My brother died of leukemia when I was a year old, which was 37 years ago. So so so so much more is known now.....lives are saved everyday, so why not one more? Sorry, I just can't stop thinking about him.....God Bless Joey.

Our World

What kind of world do you What?
It's Autism awareness month. As the statistics grow more and more year after year, generally everyones lives are touched in some way by autism, whether it's your child, student, a friends child, someone knows someone. We need to be a world that is more aware! We can and should be doing more. Powerful video HERE.

God Had my Back

I think it was because I apologized....went and saw Nicole. As usual she was off the hook. Man I adore her. And to make it even more fun she's a hometown girl. So she throws in a little ebonics lingo to make me feel right at home. Downloaded some of her new stuff. She is truly a gift from God!

Public Apology

Ok I wanted to apologize for my bad attitude on Sunday. I'm sorry primarily to God. As I've spoken to a few people from church, and read some blogs, come to find out apparently I was the only one in the church possibly (besides my husband) with the bad attitude. So so many people were blessed....God truly show'd up. I was so flippin Grumpy I didn't see him, but he was there. Makes me think about how many times in our lives have we missed the blessing because we allowed Satan to ruin it by embracing a bad attitude? Or we allowed someone to get to us. Finished up the book of Daniel with Beth Moore tonight......OUCH.....my brain hurts. Without that constant weekly study my brain is libel to atrophy. I needed that. I needed that reminder of who I am and that I have a job to do for God, no matter what the cost. A big fat reminder in tonights lesson was the wicked will stay wicked. UGH.....it's so frustrating. How some people don't see the error of their ways. I can put it to them just as plain as day, like continue to live your life this way and it will catch up to you. Or just blatantly hand them some scripture printed out.....to steer them the right way. I did this at work once. I printed off
Philippians 2:14-15 "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe." I handed it to most people in my department....for the most part I believe there is only one other Christian in my department....didn't care. I swear people who work in cubical wonderland spend a big majority of their work day complaining about what someone else is or is not doing. Thus the reason I plug up my ears and work being oblivious to the world around me. I do not want to hear it. So my intentions upon completion of Daniel, something super simple, I'm not going to complain at work, and when other people do I'm going to call them out....plain and simple. Is complaining about it going to solve anything or are you just wasting my precious time?
Ok God so my big apology to you is I'm sorry for my complaining about Sundays overcrowding....the overcrowding meant more people could hear your message of salvation and join my team of non-complaining Christians. I believe many did, thank God cause I could sure use their help. Be Blessed!

Happier....

Nothing sexier than a man who cleans.....I'm just saying. My living room is clean, a clean room, and some time to create, has put me in a better mood. Problem is, my designers on strike so making uglies is entirely up to me now....and I'm not as good at design. Look at these horrible creatures. I present to you the Ugly Scout, and Mildred. I might just keep cranking them out and sell some.....so keep your eyes peeled for something you might need in your home to scare off cock roaches.

Happy Grumpy Easter

Ok so I've been trying desperately to find my happy place all day. I'd find it for brief moments only for it to be stolen from me for whatever reason. Could be SATAN.....he's evil like that! He likes to use people to annoy me, strangers, family members, and friends. Oh he's quite crafty.

Like for instance. Church....church on Easter. It's nice people like to show up at church on Easter, and I prayed for them to find God there. But OH MY GOOD LORD, that's a lot of people. Somehow I find myself being slightly annoyed, like where are all these people every other sunday throughout the year? Am I selfish for thinking that? I feel selfish but can't help thinking that way. So maybe I should change my plans for Easter. A regular attendee should have an out on Easter.....and not feel guilty. Or I should choose a serving role I wouldn't normally do and just do that at church on Easter all day long? I guess crowds, packed parking lot, lots of people, grumpy husband, and more crowds= a grumpy me. I think I just need more chocolate.

That's Crisco the ugly bunny we made for Perry's teacher. Oh and I made an Ugly Scout for Perry's easter Basket.....His name is Cletus. Ugly dolls are way fun, maybe I'll sell them to raise money for cricut cartridges.....hummm.....good idea. Stay tuned.

Because I'm Having too Much fun....

And my life isn't interesting enough to be funny right now. So instead I am reliving my college years.

Cool Slideshows

Layni and I excersizing which doesn't happen nearly often enough.

And now you are Hookers....

You're both lucky cause there was the sumo wrestler option!

Cool Slideshows

Perry's Imaginary Friends

Oh, if you go HERE you'll see why the Scraparazzi has been camped out in my front yard all weekend.

Seriously the child cuts everything out! Another reason I miss the little 2 year old in this picture is because he had not mastered the art of scissor cutting. Isn't he precious?

Tired

Man it's been a while since I scrapped till the wee hours with my peeps. But I did this weekend. I didn't take many pics, but the ones I did take rather than create a boring collage like I have been doing. I thought I'd do something a little more fun in the spirit of embarrassing the heck out of my friends. Here's Stacie with her new hairdo! If you click on Stacie's head it should pop up a speech bubble...

Cool Slideshows

And Connie with her Wishblade!

Cool Slideshows

Dang I love technology!

Funny for Free

Ok so Dooce....lucky sap gets to make money off her funny. I'm funny for free. I suppose if I was as funny as she was I'd do it for a living too. Holy crap she's dang funny! Heck I can go and not blog for a whole week and no one notices. Or they might, but no ones yelling.

So I informed Perry his good buddy and body guard on the bus is moving at the end of the school year. I told him during a time he pays attention right after his shower. He was sad literally for a half a second. And then says "it's ok mommy I'll draw a picture of Jordan and hang it on my wall of pictures, that way I'll never forget him. Is he moving far away, like to another country?" He's just moving near columbus, but to Perry that's another country. Just another chapter in a kids life. He'll probably barely be effected. My best friend moved away when I was the exact same age. I was tighter with my best friend because all we had was each other no video games or cable TV to take up our time. We were always outside. We stayed outside until the streetlights came on. Robbin and I have stayed in touch for almost 30 years. She's moved a lot over the years, me not quite as often. I'm a stay put kind of girl. Which reminds me her christmas card was returned cause she moved yet again. I'll have to e-mail her.

The Mundane

Seriously nothing amusing or witty to say. Nothing exciting going on, just the day to day, joys of life in general. I did however find this little piece of entertainment of the Ladies, or shall I say Lady...in the bathroom singing a song off their new album, of which I am going to purchase right now. With the sweet sweet itunes hook-up from Stacie for my b-day. So far I've got some songs from Seussical (which is playing in Middletown next weekend, if you haven't seen it GO...can you hear me? GO...it's so dang cool) a worship song off of More Than Ever, and now I'll get this BNL song.


Ok I'm off for more fresh air, some scootering, and off to a meeting.

Paused...

It appears I haven't blogged for almost a week. Didn't have much to talk about I suppose. Isn't it just like life, you have an amazingly fun few days, and you can't seem to keep the happiness going, it just goes blah from there.

Maybe some fresh air, and outdoor fun will do me some good!

Um I'm 38....

How'd that happen exactly? I mean I know, but all the sudden I'm 38, which seems way older than 37, but it's only 1 year really....right....am I suppose to feel a lot older? I mean I don't feel old and crotchity....(it's a word I swear).....I feel more mature. Am I? Anyone notice? I'm not trying, I just feel wiser. Interesting. Notice I did not say smart....wiser....I believe those are 2 different feelings. I had the most lovely of birthdays. Layni filled the cake void that I thought was going to be in my life since no signs of Abby showing up. She did an awesome job on the frosting/icing, and her very own version of the cake that wasn't from a box....very special thanks friend. Cyndi called and sang, and sent an e-card, mom called and sang. Stacie sent me some sweet sweet itunes love, the gift that keeps on giving. Connie, stood in the freezing cold for 40 minutes, then stood with me and rocked out 10 feet from the greatest band in the land. And then had fun taking self portraits while kissing a CD cover, a quest to get the perfect, "we survived an awesome concert" photo. Ron hooking me up with the funds to get my ticket, and putting up with me doing a countdown daily for what probably seemed like an eternity......the man loves me and he puts up with a whole lot of nonsense....love him for that....oh and he laughs at me too.....Oh and saw my brother and fam at church today, they didn't say happy birthday, but it was gift enough that they were actually at church. It was a good day to be there too, cause the Holy Spirit totally show'd up, and Dave totally rocked out like he used to back in the day when he was the worship leader. So cool to be a part of history making super cool God stuff. Ok sorry that was some serious NONSENSICAL RAVINGS....gotta represent....sorry I've had a great weekend.....thanks for the love everyone!

Birthday Weekend......

To tired to adequately describe how much fun I've had this weekend so far, and it's not even over yet....so I'll do it in pictures. Don't know why my collages come up on the blog so blurry but there you go, must lose something in translation or something.....GOOD TIMES FOR REAL!
They didn't sing my song, or Happy Birthday.....but did I really expect them to, honestly....no...it was still off the hook. The song I was voting for is unreleased, not even on an album, maybe they'll call me tomorrow on my actual birthday and sing it on the phone....maybe? The best part about a Switchfoot Concert, they record the first 7 songs (I wish it was all of them) and you get a bootleg CD to take home with you for $5....so cool, and you can take pictures. So I've still been at the concert all day today....cause of the CD. The middle photo up top is Connie kissing the bootleg CD. Layni and I took the kids to see Beauty and the Beast. My friend Keitha's oldest son was in it. She had mentioned he had a kissing scene, so we were all stoked to see him get his smooch on. Then when we saw he was the dancing grapes, it was a bit of a mystery how the grapes would get the sweet hook up to get to kiss the princess???? How does that happen? But then it was perfectly clear and quite exciting for us all that the Beast Actually turns into a Prince.....and that Prince was Kyler.....that's how the grapes got to get his smooch on. So cool, and he did a great job! Perry and Maddie both were in awe of the princess....

VOTE!!!!

Tomorrows the big day. My song isn't on any of their playlists from other concerts on this tour, so you people need to vote like a bunch of crazed maniacs. VOTE
I will be eternally greatful and I'll post pictures. I don't think I am getting my favorite cake this year unless someone is planning some big surprise, which I doubt because I'm too in the business for anyone to surprise me. So the least you people can do is vote so my favorite band Switchfoot, sings my favorite song at the concert tomorrow night! Oh and my favorite cake is Spice Cake with Pinucci (sp) icing, my super fly best friend Abby usually makes it for me every year for the past 7 or so years, and she ain't mentioned nothing about coming into town, and I don't have any plans for going to columbus, so no cake for me......bummer....BUT I GET TO SEE SWITCHFOOT TOMORROW NIGHT....vote...pretty please vote often! Oh the song I want is Daylight to Break, did I mention that part? Oh and I'm going to get my cricut tonight, so it's all good I'll survive turning 38 with no cake.

Cricut Update....

The man is not bending.....UGH....I made $40 towards it over the weekend you'd think he'd fork over another $40 so his wife could have what she wants. Dad's chipping in $100, mom's chipping in the discount....so in the event you were struggling with what to get me this year for my birthday, I hear Walmart gift cards in any denomination work very nice. I'm just saying....I mean no one really needs to get me a gift since chances are I got you nothing for your birthday.......but say I was to get a cricut....I'd let you use it, I'm generous like that. I even offered to work OT to make some extra dough to pay him back. I know what he's thinking, work some OT to pay off debt....blah....

Creative Hangover...

There is such a thing. I promise you. It's no wonder I can even make sense at this point. If this blog entry sounds like nonsense it's because I'm not actually awake, I just think I am. Was at a scrappin/stampin retreat this weekend, 2 days of full on creative stuff making....staying up way too late, laughing like a loon, eating way too much junk, and kicking it with my peeps. Got home just intime to remind my family that I am still alive than off to a meeting a church where I had to appear as though I had some good sense. I am pretty sure I was successful, at appearing like I had good sense, I'll make that decision for sure tomorrow after I've had a decent amount of sleep. In the mean time heres some of my creative genius............I am now going to go pass out, if you are needing to hear from me, or I owe you an

e-mail or something, I'll connect with you either tomorrow or tuesday, it takes a good day to recover from such a weekend. Oh by the way.........

5 DAYS TO SWITCHFOOT!!!!!!

Shhhh...Mommy I'm Concentrating!

Oh my Good Lord.....if the husband forgets the afternoon medicine again on a Thursday....spelling word studying night....I could very well lose my ever loving mind! This is what I got when I asked him to spell "about", he needed to concentrate very hard. Then when told he had to take a shower, after a good 10 minutes of protest, he made me promise he only had to do 2 things while in the shower, wash his hair and his body. Riiiiight....ok sounds good to me. Now that he's in the shower, he'll forget he never wanted to be there to begin with. This is what I deal with......OFTEN!

It might not be Loud Enough

When God needs to get through to me he needs to be loud, I tend to have selective hearing. How am I going to have a bad case of the "gotta haves" right after my blog entry last night? My dad likes to be generous with gift giving pretty much always...he doesn't get me stuff any other time except B-days, and Christmas, and really is he suppose to after all I am now a grown up in charge of my own life. So I have got the major "gotta haves" for the Cricut, didn't have them before I got to play with it and now I got it bad. Thought for sure with the Walmart super low price, and mom's discout, he's spring for it. Not the case. Now I'm trying to decide if I take his offer of a little more than half and try and raise the funds myself (selling crap, which I got some major crap I could unload) or take it as a sign that, a cricut would be me giving into excess....feel free to be honest. I don't overindulge in too much scrap crap, I try to be frugal, and rarely buy expensive tools. I am usually pretty selective with my LOW budget for such things. Ok so I am going to sell some stuff this weekend I think, how about we wait and see how much funds I raise selling crap....shall we. Wish me luck!

Real Joy....

I want real JOY,....not temporary JOY! Beth is back, another 6 weeks of Beth Moore, this last chapter was amazing. I'd like to quote straight from her bible study where she quotes Eugene Peterson....one of the brilliant minds who helped bring together The Message.....

"We try to get [joy] through entertainment. We pay someone to make jokes, tell stories, perform dramatic actions, sing songs. We buy the vitality of another's imagination to divert and enliven our own poor lives. The ENORMOUS entertainment industry in America is a sign of the depletion of joy in our culture. Here comes the best part.....Society is a bored, gluttonous king employing a court jester to divert it after an overindulgent meal. Man that's so true.....But that kind of joy never penetrates our lives, never changes our basic constitution. The effects are extremely temporary---a few minutes, a few hours, a few days at most. When we run out of MONEY, the joy trickels away."

Wow....I'm not going to say a word after that, just read it over and over and over and let it sink in.

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Holy Crap the Switchfoot Concert is SOLD OUT! 10 More days....can't wait!

Grand Total, and Need your Vote

Ok if you people are going to read my blog everyday, and then only 1 or 2...sometimes 3 but rarely more leave me comment love, the least you could do is go here. And vote for my favorite Switchfoot song. I would be eternally greatful. You go to the March 16th show in Cincinnati, click on vote here. And do a write in vote. The song is Daylight to Break, the album is unreleased (just put that) and the artist is obviously Switchfoot. I'll be super happy if they sing it. Connie's doing a write in vote for Happy Birthday to ME......which would be just as hooked up, but a little nervous I'll end up on stage, and will pass clean out.

And then there this:

I am super happy with the big money we raised. 17 people came and that's a lot of money raised by those people. Very cool. It'll be big help for a very sick little boy. Thanks to everyone who helped out!

12 MORE DAYS....

Ok now begins my obsession once again for switchfoot love. I know I know I keep telling you guys how much this band has impacted my life. They just say all the things that swim around in my head in a lyrical genius kind of way. Much like U2, but when U2 was doing it I wasn't smart enough to realize what it was that they were saying back in the day, plus I'm not so sure back in the day I'm not so sure they really believed what they were singing....or they wouldn't have gotten all wierd in the early 90's. I'm just saying.....might I present to you some SWITCHFOOT LOVE


In other news. I earn a whole new respect for $$ this weekend. I helped with the Benefit Crop, and raised money for a very sick little boy. I don't know this family at all, just thought I'd use my skills to help some folks out. Raise money to show God's love in a practical way. I'll let you know the totals of what was raised when I know. And at church we excersized a little sacrificial giving for the Luke 4 Challenge. We'll both be sacraficing some time as well. But when you are involved in things God has made you passionate about it by no means feels like a sacrafice. So I've been bucking the system, and being a money hater cause the man don't let me have none. But thinking of money as a tool to advance God's Kingdom, well I've gained a new respect. That don't mean I still don't want stuff! I am human people!

You need to Come

Ok we have some spots left at the Benefit Crop. So get in your car right now, cause you ain't doing nothing but reading my blog so obviously you have time to spare . We have tons of stuff to raffle, auction and give away. It's well worth your $30, and it benefits a very sick little boy. So get you scrap crap together and head over to the church to get your scrap on. See you there!