Wordless Wednesday

Not much going on. Just hanging in there. That's all I can say right now.

The church I have started going to is starting a soccer league. I'm hoping to get Ross into it. I think he'd like it. I just hope his daddy will let him. When the games start, they are every Sat., so his daddy would have to take him, or let me come get him. I'll find out soon. They also are doing cheerleading and I'm hoping Emily will get to do that.

I made an 80 on my 2nd American History test. I'm happy with that, cuz I was having problems keeping my mind on the text while I was reading it.

L has been working non-stop. The last 2 weekends, he had to work and he will have to work again this weekend. Uggg.

L's mom "says" she's going to come up for Valentine's Day, so that L and I can go out for it. I have a lot of problems with this lady, so I don't really know how I feel about this. I'm kinda hoping something comes up and she can't come.

Mark got a Radio Flier for his birthday. Now, he's wanting to go out and play everyday hehe.

I am working with the children's choir and teaching them signing. They are starting to catch on more. I love watching them learn it and be proud that they got it.

Write ya later.

Pictures

I messed up and did my pictures wrong. So you'll have to go down to the Happy Birthday post and come up. Sorry~ my bad :)

2006

2005

2004

First Birthday

VBS photo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY BOY

My baby is 4 today. Time sure flies. Here are pictures thru his 4 years. Some have more pics than others, but I made sure to put some in each year. Hope you enjoy!

2003









Easter outfit






First Christmas

More Idol?

This article was online today. Thought ya'll might want to hear about it. (For you Crystal :) )

American Idol appears to be the "show-that-can't-be-stopped." At last week's Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, executives referred to it as the "Death Star" because it consistently destroys the competiton. And few expected that Amercan Idol, now in its six season, would not only maintain its monstrous ratings -- but continue to grow.It's no wonder then that Fox executives are planning on scheduling at least 45 hours of Idol -- and possibly more -- to take full advantage of their ratings powerhouse.
Idol will be used as a powerful lead-in to launch new shows, such as, David E. Kelley's The Wedding Bells, and will hopefully revive barely-breathing shows, such as the Brad Garrett sitcom, 'Til Death.
Competitors have accused the Fox network of "over-milking their cash cow" by adding more hours of Idol to its already-saturated Idol schedule each year. Of course, this criticism comes from networks that think America needs to view Deal or No Deal or CSI Whatever several thousand times a week. Considering the fact that Fox typically remains in last place among broadcast networks when Idol isn't on the schedule, you can't really blame them for pushing their "cash cow" for all it's worth, when it is.Only, I have to ask "How much Idol is too much Idol?" Right now, I'm already dreading the prospect of watching Idol three times in one week, as scheduled in upcoming weeks. And I find their 90-minute episodes to be a bit "too much" already, filled with fluff and commercials (which I'm going to skip on my DVR anyway). And if you really think about it, couldn't we cut the result shows completely, skip the Seacrest-rejection-theatrics, and just find the results posted online somewhere?
Yeah, maybe that wouldn't be any fun. Still, at which point, if any, will you get sick of viewing American Idol?

This came in an e-mail I recieved today. WBTV is a news station in Charlotte (my fav news station :) )

Melissa Greer, a meteorologist with WBTV has a very rare form of cervical cancer and is 5 and half months pregnant. You may have read about her in the (Charlotte)Observer several weeks ago. Anyway, she has worsened. Yesterday, they were going to do a C-section and a hysterectomy when they discovered that the cancer has spread throughout her body. They have reconsidered and decided to wait a week to give the baby a little extra time. The baby only weighs 1 1/2 lbs. Obviously, Melissa and the baby need a miracle. Could we take time and pray now and in the week to come that God would work in this situation for their good and His glory. Thanks so much. We are not only praying for physical healing, but that the Lord Jesus would reveal who He is and offer to Melissa HIS LIVING WATER.

My update.

I have done something to my heel. I don't know what, but it's been hurting. And since I'm having problems with my bunion AGAIN, I have only a little area on my foot that I can walk. Fun, fun. I hope to be able to get an appointment with another foot doctor to see what's going on.

Had a great day with the boys yesterday. Then last night, Ross had a break down! It was CRAZY. I don't know what happened, but it was terrible. Just please remember to keep him in your prayers, plus me to have the patience to deal with everything.

I joined the choir last Sunday night, so this Sunday was the first time singing with them. It was fun.

Tonight, I taught the children how to sign a song. (Yes I wrote sign. Didn't want you to think I mistakenly wrote that instead of sing) I love sign language and am having fun teaching it to them. It's a tough song and they did great learning it.

Thurs is my baby's 4th birthday. I cry a little as the day gets closer. He has grown so fast (which I know we all say). On Thurs, I'll put up a post showing him "grow up". I remember when my dad would put his hand on my head and press down and say "I'm not going to let you grow anymore" I know how he felt now.

OH~~I almost forgot. I made a 90 on my first American History class. The 2 questions I missed were the 2 I wasn't so sure about hehe

I had to leave my Abnormal Psychology class again Thurs.. She was showing the rest of that movie (refer to post on 1-12 "Hola~a bit of randomness" if you forgot what I am talking about) She's nice about it tho. She knew I'd want to leave and gave me a short assignment so I can still get a participation grade.

L has been working CRAZY hours. Last Wed. night, he had to stay the whole night. He came home at 10am. He had to work this whole weekend, has to work tomorrow, and said probably Tues. We never really know how much work he has to do til that day. I just miss having him around :( Oh well. We have to do what we have to do.

Well, I guess that's about it. If not, you'll be the first to know :)

Write ya later.

How many of you?

How many people in the US have your name? howmanyofme.com


Gretchen
There are 47,995 people in the U.S. with the first name Gretchen.
Statistically the 800th most popular first name. (tied with 18 other first names)
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Gretchen are female.
Names similar to Gretchen:
Margaret

(My last name)
There are 8,819 people in the U.S. with the last name (My last name).
Statistically the 4120th most popular last name. (tied with 24 other last names)

There is only 1 person in the US with my first and last name so I guess that'd be.... ME So cool hehe

Let me know if you do this. I'd love to see other peoples statistics.

Goodness

I went to a circle meeting for church on Mon. night. I've never been in a circle group before and it was cool to be able to go. On Sun., I was telling L that I was going. He said "What do you do? Sit in a circle?" I started laughing....then I realized he was serious! So that made me laugh even harder hehe

Tonight, Ross and Mark were arguing about who was grown up. Here's how that conversation went

M~ I'm a grown up
R~ No you're not!
M~ Yes I am!
R~ You can't drive.
M~ I'm driving my truck right now (has arms up as if driving)
R~ Mommy's a grown up and we're kids. Grown ups tell kids what to do.
M~ Mommy's a grown up cuz she can tell Daddy what to do.

Oh....out of the mouths of babes hehe

Write ya later

More pictures

Here's Mark helping my parents pack up :) He wanted to carry everything!

Even the HEAVY bags hehe

Here's some "buildings" Mark made with his blocks from Christmas

On New Years Eve, I gave Chrissy her Christmas gift~ a wolf footstool. I thought it was so cool.

Our annual New Years Uno game

Chrissy winning a hand hehe

L and Chrissy were dueling it out.

We were at Wal-Mart and Mark wanted to try the weights. Here he is with the 5 lb.

And then 10 lb hehe

Some of my cloud pictures

And my last pictures. Chrissy and I "tried" to make waffles on her waffle maker~ this is what happened.

So we "tried" it on my waffle maker...and again~ this is what happened

Now~ we've NEVER used a waffle maker, so it was a trial run for us. What did we do wrong? We let them heat up; on hers~ we put some Pam on it, on mine~ we didn't.(We ALWAYS have an adventure when we cook together hehe)

Write ya later.

Some pictures

Somewhere around our anniversary, we always get together with my best friend and her hubby. We were married together in a double ceremony at the courthouse. So it's all of our anniversary. :) On Sat. we got together and played games outside since it was so nice. I didn't get any of us playing badminton, but here's us playing horse shoes.



It was men verses women, so here's the men stratigizing.



My best friend's hubby.



Me :)

I decided to get more in front to take better pictures. Well.....a horse shoe goes awry :) (No photographers were hurt in the making of this picture )

L giving her bunny ears with his horse shoe

I was trying to get more distance to my horse shoe :)

Watch the pro hehehe

More pictures to come. I have more pictures to get caught up on.

Write ya later.

Hola~ a bit of randomness

I went to my first Abnormal Psychology class tonight. I think I'll like it. The teacher seems to be good. She's been thru 11 YEARS of school. Goodness. hehe

I did have to walk out of class in the second half. She wanted to show us a movie of how Hollywood depicts the mentally ill. Well, they said GD in it 3 times in 20 mins, so I couldn't stand to watch it. I told the teacher I didn't approve of it being used, and could I leave (after the second time of hearing it). She said yeah, so I did (before I could get back to my desk to leave, they said it again). I just can't stand for that to be used. Why do movie producers think that's "cool" to do? uggg

L's and my anniversary is coming up, the 14th. I'm still trying to figure out something for him. Cutting it close, ain't I?! hehe

Ross is going to start his new medicine this weekend. We'll see how it goes.

I've been going picture crazy lately. I've been in love with taking pictures of the clouds. I'll post some soon. I just love the "fluffiness" of them. :) It's just so amazing to me how they are so pretty. I don't live in an area where I can see the sunrise or sunset, but I do get to see the clouds.

Mark's fourth b-day is the 25th. He knows it too hehe. I got him some Thomas the Train things. My FIL said he got him a Radio Flyer. I haven't seen it, so I don't know if he's talking about the wagon or bicycle.

I guess that's it for now :)

Write ya later.

I got this in my e-mail today. Thought it was great. Click on it to read the caption at the bottom.