Seven sevens

Seven sevens

Seven things to do before I die
1 go back to Australia
2 go back to Hawaii
3 take a cruise
4 get married again
5 have kids
6 open my own store
7 travel to the holy lands (once it calms down~yeh, right)

Seven things I cannot or will not do
1 turn my back on my friends
2 put up with disrespect
3 serve in the military
4 be skinny
5 settle (when it comes to a husband)
6 agree with an idiot
7 agree with my dad on anything

Seven things that attract(ed) me to my spouse
1 his smile
2 his twinkle
3 gorgeous blue eyes
4 his unwavering honesty
5 his tender-heartedness
6 his unconditional love for me
7 his desire to always do God’s will

Seven things I say most often
1 Alrighty then
2 Let’s get quiet, please.
3 Josh, GO!
4 Good gravy!
5 CRAP!
6 What?
7 Love you, too.

Seven books or series I love
1 Laura Ingalls Wilder
2 Max Lucado
3 Wonderful Spirit Filled Life – Stanley
4 Captivating – Eldridges
5 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
6 Chrysanthemum – Henkes
7 Ephesians

Seven movies I could watch over and over again
1 Hope Floats
2 Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
3 Mummy     
4 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5 Without a Paddle
6 Anything with Sandra Bullock
7 Anything with Matthew McConaughey – yummy

Seven I want to join in
Niki- already did
Peach- already did
Sarah
Luke
Missy- set up a blog already
Dave- same as Missy
Dani

BTW – Niki, nanananana I did it!

SNOW DAY Continued...

Well, my first order of business was to sleep in yesterday - check! Then I decided that rather than be productive, I'd go see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. yeah, that didn't happen. I called my friends Dave and Sheryl to see if they wanted to go. We ended up doing something more productive. We went shopping for a new washer and dryer. I'd done my research and read a lot of reviews, so I knew what I did and didn't want before I walked into the stores. I ended up right back where I started from - Best Buy. The great thing about BB is that they don't work off commission, so I didn't have to worry about being lied to so that I'd buy a more expensive machine than I wanted or needed. I got a set of LG's. The washer is a front loader and the dryer has a drying rack. I didn't get the pedestals for them, but I may decide to later. They are also stackable should I move into a smaller place that requires such. They were expensive, but The guy gave me a good deal, and I'll pay more to know that I have something of quality. These are going to have to last for a long time.
After we finished at best buy, we went to eat at Italian Gardens. It was only the second time I've been there. I wish Kyle and I had found it. It has a romantic atmosphere at night, and really good food. Though we went as family, it'd be a great date place. After dinner, we stopped by their house and got James some jammies and clothes for today. He came home with me to spend the night with Aunt Angi. This is the second time he's spent the night. Right now he's watching cartoons and climbing on my shoulders. I love that little guy.
When we got home, I turned on the TV for a few minutes. Guess what was on... Snow Day.

SNOW DAY!!!!

If you watch the weather channel, you know about the big storm that moved through Indy today. It was incredible. I think the snow fell faster and harder that I've seen it since I first moved up here. It started at 2pm and by the time I left school at 4, it was 3 inches deep. I made it home in just an hour, normally a 15 minute trip. I wish you could see how cool it looks. People from around here aren't in awe, but growing up only seeing snow a few times in my life, I'm still mezmorized. Imagine, eight inches of white stuff everywhere you look!
Anyway, I'm exhausted. After all day with excited kids, sweeping the snow off everybody's cars, and shoveling a path to my door when I got home, I remembered why people here don't like the snow so much. But joy comes in the morning! I just got a reprieve. School's closed tomorrow!!! What am I gonna do with myself all day??? Plenty to do, you know. But I think the first order of business is definitely sleeping in! Don't call me before 10am. Then I think I'll do some picking up and organizing. I'm hoping to get a new washer and dryer this weekend since mine have finally puked out. (They are as old as I am, though.)
Here's to hoping you have a snow day tomorrow, too!

Merry CHRISTmas

In light of the holiday season and the current desire among those with no heart that want to drag the fun, love and Christ out of Christmas….

Twas the night before December 25th and Santa's a wreck...

How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves".
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.

Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!

The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.

His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation.

So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.

And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific.
No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.

And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.

Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.
So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.

His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth..."