"Rejoice the Lord he dressed them up of his choice..."
A combination of 'Rejoice the Lord is King' (Hymn 35:1)
and
'Hear how the Lord on Sini's Mountain, Addressed the people of His choice.' (Hymn 7 :1)
Felicity's memory work in her words! :)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Laundry
Anyone who knows me (since being married) should know that I have 2 chores that I absolutely detest.
Dishes
and
LAUNDRY!
The dishes one has been solved with a second hand dishwasher that is SO nice!!! I've had it for a year and a half and cannot begin to wonder how I ever survived without it!! :)
And the Laundry! Ugh. It's not the washing, it's not the drying, it's not even the folding. It's the putting it away! Double Ugh.
My dear husband even moved all the dressers downstairs so I could fold laundry and put it away, conveniently never leaving the laundry room to get it all done.
It didn't work!
Getting an outfit for the kids would mean digging thru the pile in the laundry room. Albeit clean, some of it folded. Most of it just dumped there. *sigh*
Then my (7yr old Maytag!!!!!) dryer died. Like REALLY died this time. Not just a flipped breaker this time.
Oh, J, I found in the instruction manual that if your dryer still turns but doesn't heat up you should check the breaker as most dryers work off of a two household breaker system. I kid you not. It's in there! I'll show you!
But I digress...
Ok, my dryer died. We bought a new one. Brought said dryer home, changed the door position and voila, another dryer broken! Ugh. (SO not our fault. Not even because J turned the door around. They gave us a broken one!) At least we hadn't put this one downstairs yet!
So back to the store, got another one and WOW!!!
I think I've always had a faulty dryer! My old one NEVER heated up like this. Done in a flash! Saweet!
And now my laundry room is clean of clean laundry! And I actually folded and PUT IT AWAY!
And I'm going to keep doing that. It looks much nicer.
DUH!
:)
Just thought I'd share the break thru of my day!
Now, on to the rest of my day!
Dishes
and
LAUNDRY!
The dishes one has been solved with a second hand dishwasher that is SO nice!!! I've had it for a year and a half and cannot begin to wonder how I ever survived without it!! :)
And the Laundry! Ugh. It's not the washing, it's not the drying, it's not even the folding. It's the putting it away! Double Ugh.
My dear husband even moved all the dressers downstairs so I could fold laundry and put it away, conveniently never leaving the laundry room to get it all done.
It didn't work!
Getting an outfit for the kids would mean digging thru the pile in the laundry room. Albeit clean, some of it folded. Most of it just dumped there. *sigh*
Then my (7yr old Maytag!!!!!) dryer died. Like REALLY died this time. Not just a flipped breaker this time.
Oh, J, I found in the instruction manual that if your dryer still turns but doesn't heat up you should check the breaker as most dryers work off of a two household breaker system. I kid you not. It's in there! I'll show you!
But I digress...
Ok, my dryer died. We bought a new one. Brought said dryer home, changed the door position and voila, another dryer broken! Ugh. (SO not our fault. Not even because J turned the door around. They gave us a broken one!) At least we hadn't put this one downstairs yet!
So back to the store, got another one and WOW!!!
I think I've always had a faulty dryer! My old one NEVER heated up like this. Done in a flash! Saweet!
And now my laundry room is clean of clean laundry! And I actually folded and PUT IT AWAY!
And I'm going to keep doing that. It looks much nicer.
DUH!
:)
Just thought I'd share the break thru of my day!
Now, on to the rest of my day!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Flames and Games
So, with all the Olympic games hype I've been (re)thinking my stance on all of the 'games' stuff.
Spending SO MUCH money on watching people play games and slide down hills, and dash (albeit quite gracefully) across ice is, in my mind, such a waste. Kinda like the NHL salary average. (Don't get me started!!!!!)
And with me thinking all this, does it make me a hypocrite that I took (most) of my family to the flame celebration today. Not just in Houston, but in Smithers also???
Hmmm....
We did have a blast though. The kids got excited about it after watching some clips on the internet. I painted their faces and everything. They wore red and cheered like crazy. Even Peyton was dressed in Canadian spirit appropriate clothing and didn't even attend the festivities. (Thanks for watching her Justine!!)
Call me sentimental. I LOVE Canada day. So with all this Canadian spirit being advertised, I fell for it.
And it was a once in a life time thing.
And a great photo op.
And tons of fun.
And tons of free stuff.
And the kids loved it.
And it was a family thing.
And what else would we do on a Saturday afternoon in Houston??! :)
So, even though I'm not really 'for' the Olympics, we did show our community and country spirit.
And had fun doing it!
O CANADA!!!
PS. since all the pics are on the laptop, you'll have to wait till I download some from there!
Spending SO MUCH money on watching people play games and slide down hills, and dash (albeit quite gracefully) across ice is, in my mind, such a waste. Kinda like the NHL salary average. (Don't get me started!!!!!)
And with me thinking all this, does it make me a hypocrite that I took (most) of my family to the flame celebration today. Not just in Houston, but in Smithers also???
Hmmm....
We did have a blast though. The kids got excited about it after watching some clips on the internet. I painted their faces and everything. They wore red and cheered like crazy. Even Peyton was dressed in Canadian spirit appropriate clothing and didn't even attend the festivities. (Thanks for watching her Justine!!)
Call me sentimental. I LOVE Canada day. So with all this Canadian spirit being advertised, I fell for it.
And it was a once in a life time thing.
And a great photo op.
And tons of fun.
And tons of free stuff.
And the kids loved it.
And it was a family thing.
And what else would we do on a Saturday afternoon in Houston??! :)
So, even though I'm not really 'for' the Olympics, we did show our community and country spirit.
And had fun doing it!
O CANADA!!!
PS. since all the pics are on the laptop, you'll have to wait till I download some from there!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Alive
HELLO!
Yup, I'm still here. Busy as ever!
Stay tuned for a new (er) post soon. When I remember to sit and type one out (NOT at 1:30am)
:)
Bye again!
Yup, I'm still here. Busy as ever!
Stay tuned for a new (er) post soon. When I remember to sit and type one out (NOT at 1:30am)
:)
Bye again!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Holiday eating
Well, we all know how much fun it is to watch what we eat at Christmas! Food just seems to be such an important part of all the festivities. I found this little set of rules I thought my readers would appreciate! Enjoy!
Holiday Eating Guidelines
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet tableknows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leaveimmediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can and quickly. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an 'eggnog-aholic' or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it! Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think.
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.Gravy does not stand-
alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk orwhole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports carwith an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, pumpkin and mincemeat - have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert -- Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party orget up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips: Start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO-HOO what a ride!
:P
Holiday Eating Guidelines
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet tableknows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leaveimmediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can and quickly. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an 'eggnog-aholic' or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it! Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think.
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.Gravy does not stand-
alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk orwhole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports carwith an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, pumpkin and mincemeat - have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert -- Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party orget up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips: Start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO-HOO what a ride!
:P
Monday, November 16, 2009
Nov. 16
Over Halfway November! And.....my Christmas music is playing! Yay!! Nothing like listening to the Young Messiah to 'pick me up'! (New London Choral) and followed by Michael W. Smith. And there's a layer of snow on the ground. Almost tempted to put up the decorations...December 1 is a LONG way off! :)
Happy November snow day!!
Happy November snow day!!
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