Ahem....

So there was a painter who put in a bid to paint a church. He underestimated how much it would actually cost to paint the church and so his bid came in the lowest. Of course, he got the job. Once he got there, he realized just how much paint he would actually need and realized he wasn't getting paid enough for the job. So he thought about it and decided to add some water to the paint to thin it out. He started painting and continued to add water to the paint. So later, after he had finished the job, it started to rain and all of his paint started to run off of the building. Well, he felt really bad about what had happened so he decided to pray about it. He said, "Lord, I've made a mistake and now I need you to tell me how to fix it." The Lord replied, "Repaint and thin no more."

Teehee. Get it?

Oktoberfest...

So we went to Oktoberfest tonight. We went for the brats and the jump-a-roos(moonwalk) for our brats. :)
Nathan got a 96 on his test today. Very proud. He has been "flying" in the copters this week. They are learning how to hover. I think he actually finally got the hang of it better today. He has been stressing about it this week.
We are gonna put out our Halloween decorations this weekend. I usually do it on the first weekend in october but since the 1st is monday, it'll do.
That's all. :) Not much interesting news....
If anyone has BBC America, you must search out and watch Little Britain! Heehee! Love that British Humor.

Fresh Clean Sam

I know it's excessive, but he's just so darn cute!!! :)

Costumes!

I like this one!! If I wasn't set on doing Harry Potter, which I still have to convince Nathan of, I would sooo do this one!

Halloween...

Ok, so I am a toal sucker for Halloween...my favorite holiday! I am getting the fever....
So...we aren't going to do a family costume thing this year cause David has said he wants to be a vampire. I don't really wanna be all vampires...so I am thinking about being Bellatrix LeStrange (From HP). So what do you think? Bellatrix-Department of Mysteries or Bellatrix-Azkaban??? And should I get a blond wig for Nathan to be Lucius? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, seriously though....I found this website where you can get all kinds of silliness, even madeye moody masks. I think we will make Hercules Mad Eye moody.... heehee! And Isaac's still young enough I can make him what I want as long as he agrees and it's simple enough that he will wear it...maybe he will be Harry...a blond curly headed harry? No Lucius and Draco!!! HAHAHAHA!! tee hee....
Mom may come over too so I told her she could be Professor Sprout and Sammy we'll dress up as a mandrake! Heehee! I think she would rather be Trelawney. We'll let David be a vampire but I may add a touch of Snape... heehee...yeah right, he'll never go for that...
I need candy corn.....

Sunday...

Well, not much news. Yesterday we were going to run some errands and Isaac decided to play in the front yard before we left. Next thing I know he is screaming and I ran out to see what was wrong. His legs were covered...COVERED in fire ants. I ripped his clothes off of him and ran him in to the tub. Poor little dude. Today he has 27 little yellow-headed bites on his right leg and 40 on his left. We counted. It's crazy. He actually hasn't been scratching too much thankfully. We have tried to put stuff on them when he lets us. I just hope none of them get infected. As long as he doesn't scratch them open we should be ok. I ought to take a picture...
David has to take an apple for school tomorrow. Johnny Appleseed day is this week and they are using the apples for stuff. He was so worried he would have to eat it. I don't think they will make him but perhaps peer pressure will encourage him! :p
Sammy hasn't been sleeping well at all. He is so stuffy that he can't keep his binky in and it makes him mad. I suction his little nose and it really makes no difference. His little face just runs and runs. He projectile spit up all over me at church today. I was covered and so was he. The girl next to me got up and left after he did that. I wondered if it grossed her out or she really just had to leave early...? heehee
Nathan has to be up at 4 tomorrow. He is early flight tomorrow. He will actually be going up in the copters. (Isaac calls them Happyters.) He was suppposed to go up last week but we have been having a lot of rain. I think he is glad to go up but not glad to have to get up so early.
Anywho...that's about it. Not much else exciting going on. We are going to Oktoberfest here on post on Friday night! Whooppee!

Heehee

Ask not for whom the Fangirls squee, for they squee for you....


Lucius: "Severus, what in the name of all things holy is that?!"
Snape: "Run! Run you Fool!"

Oh well...

Might as well post though there's not too much to share....
Isaac practically fell over asleep in his rice tonight at dinner and now I can't get the child to stay in his bed....
He and David were out playing in the front yard this afternoon...they were playing "Adavbra"...which is based along the lines of Avada Kedavra. The had sticks were pointing them at each other and yelling, well David was yelling "Adabra" and Isaac was yelling something like "aaaaaahhhhbaaaa" and then they would both fall down dead. Over and Over. (Harry Potter death curse for those very very few out there who don't know what I'm talking about...) Amusing to me at least though I am sure the neighbors were wondering what the heck they were doing...pooping on the side walk and now shooting death curses at one another....
Nathan has been studying hard and he has been working in the simulators this week. I keep wanting to call them stimulators....hmmm....no.
He said they haven't made him sick but some others have gotten nauseaous nauseus naseus nauseas whatever in them. I was nauseaus enough during all 3 pregnancies, you'd think I could spell it...
Anywho....David is out of school for 2 days for Parent Teacher conferences. I really like school.......

Good times!

This is me and Leah! It was so great to see her this weekend! It had been a long time...those were some of the toughest steaks I think I've ever eaten......

Life or something like it...

Well, Let's see...where to begin? Well, we'll start at the littlest...
Sammy now has officially two teeth! Both bottom teeth have finally come through. I don't think he's quite realized it yet that he doesn't actually have to scream all the time anymore...
Unless it's just become a habit.
Ike Ike got some sharpie and drew all over himself...
David has been sneaking out of the house. Early this week was pretty furstrating but he's actually been better yesterday and today. Telling us where he's going.
Last night our wonderful friends decide to watch the boys for us so we could go out on a date! It was so nice! We saw the Simpsons Movie...(yeah.) and went to eat at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. The movie was pretty funny but I had more fun listening to people's reactions to it. It started slow but got better. Our chef at the restaurant was great. He made, as he said, "Japanese rice, from Walmart, made in China". :)
Then we went back and played a few rounds of Rummy with our friends. All the boys were passed out at their house. It was so nice of them to do that for us! We needed a night out!
Mom has been back in the hospital this weekend. Complications from chemo, they think. She may have to start something else again. I am not sure how much else there is out there. She has done so many treatments already. I hate that she's alone. Well, she has friends, and wonderful ones at that, but I hate not being there. She doesn't even have a home phone. She has a borrowed cell phone that she worries about using cause someone else is paying for it. And she can't hardly drive her car because ...well... anyways...I just worry about her.
Enough.
Today my wonderful roomie from BYU, Leah, and her very nice hubby, William, drove up from Tallahassee to visit us! It was so nice to see her! It had been way too long!! She took some pics and hopefully she'll post em on her blog so I can steal them and post them here! :) It was so good to see you Leah!!!

A quiz.

A quiz on Beliefnet.com referred to me by my sis in law. Under Faith and Practices. Go figure my results!
My Results:
The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.
Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.
How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (83%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (67%)
8. Sikhism (67%)
9. Hinduism (66%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)
11. Islam (59%)
12. Liberal Quakers (59%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
15. Jainism (57%)
16. Roman Catholic (57%)

Stuff...

Nathan in his flight suit. No, he's not posing...heehee...I caught him mid stride. :P He got a 98% on his first big test today. I am so proud. And he is ...shoot, it's not class leader....but something like that...for his group cause he has the most time in rank. He gets to be promoted to 1 LT in December. :) Old man.... :)

Ok...now you can take my picture and I'll kind of smile.....

Don't take my picture....!

silly weirdness

Patriot Day

Today was Patriot Day so David wore his Red White and Blue to school. I remember that I was teaching this morning, 6 years ago. I had walked into the library of the school I was teaching at and saw the news on the tv. At that time, the plane had only hit one tower. I thought, 'oh look, a plane hit a building' and walked back to my classroom thinking nothing of it. The day progressed, and the horror unfolded, and the tension in the school was so thick. There were all kinds of rumors about terrorists hitting other locations, like the White House. I remember thinking about the fact that Nathan was in the National Guard and how I knew this was gonna turn into something bigger and how I hoped he wouldn't have to fight, even though I knew that he willingly would. And then that night, going home to call family members just to tell them you loved them.
I feel both blessed and humbled by the fact that even though Nathan has been in the military for 11 years now he has not had to go to Iraq. His unit is going in January but because he is here, he will probably not have to go join them. I also feel like eventually our luck will run out. I hope not. I am proud of him and all those like him who defend our freedoms and hope we never take those for granted. I love living on post where you are reminded daily of these things. I am proud of it.
I saw a onesie I thought about getting for Sammy. It said, 'If you think I'm cute, you should see my daddy in his ACUs.'
:)
David came home with some red white and blue ribbons. I asked him where he got them. He told me that Faith had given them to him. I said, Oh, why did she do that? He said, To be nice. I said, Where did she get them? He said, they were in her hair.
She gave him the ribbons from her hair.
:)
Well it's late and I need to get to bed...

Darkness is looming....

I feel old. Just thought I'd share. The ripe old age of 30 (!) is moving ever nearer...ok ok so I still have 8 months, big deal. I still feel old.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am up to my elbows in laundry, dishes, mopping, spitup, etc.
Crying babies can age anyone.
I need to get off my butt and get some business cards out there so I can start doing some more cakes.
They are doing a show here on post, something about 'The Military Family'...(gag)...Nathan mentioned that I should audition. I don't think so. I would rather not be in something that sounds quite so cheesy. But it would be nice to have the opportunity to do some more of that. It has been awhile.
Anywho.
Sammy is crying...go figure....

blah blah blah

So tired tonight. Tiny man has been screaming so much lately. He finally has the tip of one little tooth breaking through. It's been a long time coming! But he's almost there!
I am sitting here in the dark with a 2 year old on the floor next to me. He refuses to go to bed. He used to be my best little go to bed guy. Used to go with no problems but now he refuses to stay in his bed. I have even resorted to not giving him naps during the day so he will crash but problem is, by 6:00 he's beat and wants to fall asleep then. Uh, NO! He'd be up at 11:00 and I'd never get him back to bed! So frustrating. David and Sammy go to bed without too much problem. David still is a little tough, he always was the hardest but Ike Ike is making us crazy! Good thing Daddy is gone studying tonight or there would probably be tears right now.
David got the proofs from his school pics today. I am excited to get them and I will post them when I do.
Got a dresser for the boys today for $30. The girl who sold it bought it new 6 months ago and has barely used it but they are being restationed and she doesn't wanna take it. It's nice and in good shape but too small for me and honey. So it's nice to have more than one dresser for 3 little dudes! Well, I am super beat and need to coerce the little middle to go to bed!

ohhh.

And if anyone was wondering why Dr. Who looks familiar...if you were wondering that is....he is played by Mr. David Tennant. Who, for those of you in Harry Potter Fandom, will know as Mr. Barty Crouch Jr.

:)

Suuure...

Ok...so I could fool myself and say that the two big cucarachas I just terminated in the kitchen tonight were the two that I saw the other night and now they are all gone....but ...yeaaaaaah right. Borax....too bad tomorrow is sunday or I would run right out and get some...it'll have to wait till Monday.
Can I just say that we love BBC America! We just watched Graham Norton and I haven't laughed so hard in a while. Man, I miss it. I would so totally go back there in a heartbeat. I like to think someday we will get to live there again. sigh.....




Dr. Who...Yippee! Nathan has me hooked. Now I am a big nerd.

Seriously!!!!

I am not a dirty person. I have a clean house. All the dishes in my cabinets are clean. I don't have any food sitting out at random on the countertops. I wash the kitchen floor at least once a week and sweep every other day....and we still can't get rid of these nasty buggers!!!!
I don't get it. The dude came like 3 weeks ago and sprayed. I still saw some and then this last week was a respite of about 5 days and then one shows up in the living room last night scary the bujeebers out of Ike Ike and then there were 2...TWO....in my kitchen tonight!!!!! ARGHGILUASDB OISDHUW #(&*@ ^AT$KJ N *SY!!!!
Seriously!!! What does it take??! A neighbor told me we have to keep our house at 65 degrees to keep them out. Uhhhhhhh...yeeeeaaaaahhhh...Nathan, mr cold blooded-i'm-freeziing-and-its-only-78degress-in thehouse is gonna go for that.Ugh! Ugh! I went for one of them and they both bolted. One under the oven and the other into the pots and pans cabinet. Ugh...shivers!!!!! I have put roach bait traps in the cabinets and everything. Theyr are supposed to come spray again on the 19th but that's 2 weeks!!!! AUGH!!! ugh ugh ugh...now I won't be able to sleep....dammit....
sorry i had to get it out.
ugh...
I am too anal, obsessive compulsive, and type A for this!!!!!!!! It makes me feel duuuuurrrrttteeeeee!!!! icky poo. sniff sob...

Honey has started his primary flight course. Might as well get it over he figures.
Today he was gone from 6am to 7pm...got to come home briefly for lunch. long days ahead but this is why we are here.
have to go see if I can roach hunt. I am sure I may be at it all night..... not being able to sleep and all....
Anyhow..not much news otherwise. Sam sat up by himself for about 45 seconds today and then promptly tumbled over onto his face. But he is getting there. And we are finally seeing the 2 little creases in his lower gums that mean teeth are soon to poke through. I am so glad. Finally!

Mindless, Brainless, and dang funny!

My thanks to chucknorrisjokes.net for making me and hubby laugh our butts off last night!

1. When the boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

2. Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

3. The best part of waking up, is not Folgers in your cup, but knowing that Chuck Norris didn't kill you in your sleep.

4. When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris. (My favorite! HAHAHA!!)

5. Chuck Norris never wet his bed as a child. The bed wet itself out of fear.

6. Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

7. Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.

8. (SORRY IT'S TOO FUNNY NOT TO!) Chuck Norris does not wear a condom. Because there is no such thing as protection from Chuck Norris.

9. On Valentine's Day, Chuck Norris gives his wife the still beating heart of one of his enemies. Being very romantic, Chuck Norris believes every day should be Valentine's Day.

10. Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there.

Hmmm....

Humorous!

Updates...

Well, mom is ok. She's home now. New chemo starting this week. Thanks for all your prayers/concern.