Quick post to put up a link to my youth’s Good Friday service. The video quality isn’t the best, but if you are bored take a look. Hit the link and then look for the different Good Friday parts
Here is the link
Random April posting
April 9, 2009 at 9:54 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: family, God, life, Tark, work
I wrote a lot of this last Saturday, and just now found time to post it. Today is Tark’s birthday! Yea!! I would post more, but I do not have the time to do someone as -sweet, awesome, nice, great, strong, wicked cool, dorky, loving, and great man of God type-as Tark is justice.
So in-between the busyness I have found some time to write a little. This will be complete randomness, so you have been warned. I am also very tired as I got in last night at 2:00 am after taking youth to a concert.
First off, I am so freaking hungry. I have been on this diet thing for about 7 weeks now and I want nothing more than to devour a loaded pizza or a huge burger. Yet, I know if I did either of those things I would feel horrible afterwards, so this stinks. I mean I eat, and the things I eat taste good, it is just hard. I am thinking it might be time to splurge just a little before someone gets hurt.
I do like the results of the 7 weeks though. I have lost a little over 30 pounds. Of course I was so fat to begin with, I can’t really tell that much, though I am running out of pants that will actually stay on me so I guess that is a good sign.
Work is good, but busy and stressful. This week is Holy week and it is kind of a big deal. The youth do the Good Friday service and we are changing the venue to the stage in our family life center. It has always been in the sanctuary, so now I fear it has to be amazing or people will be mad about the change, because people hate change.
Did I mention that I am starving and it is very hard to be stressed and not be able to pig out a little?
Tark is now running a Christian coffee house. Which is good for him, because it’s something he really wants to do and feels like he is suppose to do, but it does decrease our total salary a little, plus now we have to pay more for insurance. That is a little stressful, but if it is something he thinks he is supposed to do I really have to support him. He has always supported me.
Did I mention that I am starving and the stress makes it harder?
The kids are good; MG is getting to the point where school is getting a little too easy. I think it is time to challenge him more, which is exciting. Westers is getting a handle on the potty thing which is super exciting. Westers is also becoming obsessed with Star Wars. I have no idea why, except that Star Wars is awesome and so is he so I guess it was just meant to be.
Seriously though, I really need a huge cheeseburger.
It’s March and all is well…
March 11, 2009 at 1:29 pm (Uncategorized)
It is spring break here so things are really quiet, but I know it’s just the quiet before the storm. I have looked at my schedule for the upcoming months and I think if I can just live through May I should be good. There are still two big trips in June and July, but that is the fun part. Getting ready for them while planning a Good Friday service, a local mission event, having two retreats, and doing relay for life that is the hard part. I think every weekend in May is now officially booked for me. Everything is going well though.
I am super excited as I got a new car. Well, its not new but it is super nice. It is a 2002, but it only has 16,000 miles on it and it was free, so yea!! I haven’t taken a picture of it yet as today was the first chance I have had and it is nasty weather, but it looks just like this.
It has leather interior, a GPS system, a six-cd changer, power everything, and seat warmers. I will take actual pictures when we have a nice day.
I have lost about 20 pounds on my diet. I don’t know if you can tell a difference or not. I would take pictures, but it is a rainy day and my hair is having some issues due to that.
MG is obsessed with legos now. Not just the blocks, but the weird little shows you can watch that feature the lego characters. You can find these online. He also really likes playing the games. Isn’t it weird that they have video games that feature characters made of lego blocks? You can play star wars lego or Indiana Jones lego. They freak me out, I don’t know why. I think it has to do with The Brick Testament, which has scarred me for life.
I can’t really say one thing I have given up for Lent. I have done more of a lifestyle change in eating much healthier. I haven’t had a Dr. Pepper or red meat in a month, so that counts right?
I’ve just felt blah spiritually recently so I am trying to push through that with bible study, prayer, and reading some classic sermons. I think it has a lot to do with how yucky I have felt due to allergies, grumpy people, and hopefully some spiritual growth coming up.
Lately I have just been working, playing with the kids, and watching some tv. More on what I watch later…
Quickee
February 20, 2009 at 10:37 am (Uncategorized)
Today I am leaving for a youth event. It will last all weekend. I am not sure what to expect from this event as it is a conference event and never learned anything about it expect that we should go. I am all for our youth getting to meet other United Methodist youth so I said sure why not, now I am regretting that a bit.
I am also worried as to what I am going to be able to eat all weekend as I cannot have more than 15grams of fat at one meal. I don’t know if you have ever been to a youth event but food usually consist of lots of cheese, high-fat meat, and not much else. Hopefully there will be at least salad.
As promised
February 18, 2009 at 4:07 pm (Uncategorized)
Here is a picture of me in my new glasses. It is the best I could get by myself in the time I had. I do not look happy in the picture, but then I am not happy in glasses even though I can now see.
And to get you to forget about that one, here is a random funny picture of my cute and goofy husband.
I am just not that entertaining…
February 17, 2009 at 3:23 pm (Life in general, family, job)
Tags: famly, filler, job, life
I have about come to the conclusion that my life is way to boring to blog about and that my creativity has either gone away or is being put to other uses.
Here are the things that have happened since my last blog:
1. I got glasses that I am suppose to wear all the time, but keep forgetting them at home. I hate the way I look in glasses, I will post a picture later.
2. My wallet was lost/stolen. I left it in my buggy for a second after putting items from Wal-mart in the car. When I turned around to get it, it was gone. It is my own stupid fault, but someone is really mean. I had to cancel all my cards, including the church cards, file a police report, and now I have to get a new driver’s license and social security card. I also lost $150 and some cute pictures of my kids.
3. I had to take a stray dog to the animal shelter. I hated to do it, but we cannot have another dog and I couldn’t find it any other home.
4. I have gone on a sort of diet. I don’t like to call it a diet, I am just trying to eat much healthier and I am taking this.
5. I have a thought a lot lately about my and my family’s future. Do I intend to stay where I am for a very 6. long time? Do I ever want to go back from where I came from? Things like that. I have also thought a lot about Tark’s employment future and wish he would do the same.
Not much has really happened. I am off to a youth event this weekend so wish us safe travels and good times. I will try to be a more entertaining blogger in the future.
Go Away January!!!
January 30, 2009 at 11:14 pm (Life in general, family)
Tags: filler, life, me
It has been a rough month for us. All of us have been sick except Mg. Westers had strep. Tark and I had the stomach bug. We had to get a new washer and today our car wouldn’t start. The car fixed cheaply and one we figured it out easily, but it was a frustrating half a day. Tark is not a happy guy right now. He gets kind of touchy when he is stressed, so I am trying to leave him alone.
So I am going to say goodbye to this loser of a month January by stating ways that I am a loser.
1. I own a lot of t-shirts, quite a few with cartoon or video game characters.
2. My DVR is filled with The Office and Avatar episodes
3. I own two different styles of Mouse ears.
4. On one of my cars you have to roll up the driver side electric window by opening the door and pulling it up with your hand.
5. Our other car makes horrible squeaking sounds when you first turn it on.
6. I own over 10 pairs of pajama pants and at some point this week they were all dirty.
7. I hang out on Friday nights in a coffee shop that is a teenager hangout
8. I watched my DVD of the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice so much I had to buy a new one
9. I own all seven Harry Potter books and multiple editions of some
11. I have read lots of fan fiction
12. There are still clothes in my suitcase from my trip to PSYM
13. I love MST3K and have recently discovered Riff Trax and have even bought one.
14. I haven’t called my friend KareBear back even though she call to check up quite frequently….unlike other friends
Let’s just skip to the moral of the story
January 21, 2009 at 4:34 pm (Uncategorized)
The moral of the story is when you can’t find a new washing machine for under 1000 in your small town do not send your husband to the local rental store to see how much it cost to rent a washer for a couple of weeks until you can get to a big town to buy one. This is because he will fill out an application even if you have no desire to even rent the machine in the first place. Then the place where you filled out the application will call your references even though you didn’t pick out any items. WTH?
But then your husband will come home and prove himself by fixing your current machine.
oh well…
Mg, the entertainer
January 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm (Uncategorized)
I know I haven’t been on here in a while. After I came back from the trip, I had a week at home and then was off again to PSYM. I was supposed to have Internet access in my hotel room, but it was not working , so I was not able to log on. Also, I have had nothing to blog about. I did promise a blog on Mg as his birthday was earlier this month. Instead of trying to explain how amazing he is I had him do a small video in which he talks about his birthday and tries to tell a few jokes
The Trip
January 8, 2009 at 11:03 am (church)
Tags: disney, travel, youth
So, I am still alive. I survived the trip and had a pretty good time. It was super busy there so much so that on New Years Eve the Magic Kingdom reached capacity and they wouldn’t let anyone else in.
The First Day of Travel
We left on Monday the 29th around 8:00 am. We actually go off pretty much on time. We got about an hour down the road when one of the youth threw up with no notice at all. We stopped the vans got out and cleaned everyone up. Even a police officer stopped to check on us. The girl who threw up assured us she was fine. We moved her to a seat closer to the front and pressed on. The rest of the day went pretty well. Besides the throw up event we only made three more stops before we made it to Pensacola. I think that is pretty good for 17 people.
Pensacola
I haven’t been to Pensacola in years, so I had no idea what hotels/motels were decent in that town. I looked on line and tried to find one that was a decent price, close to the interstate, and didn’t look to bad. I picked one. The youth freaked out a little. Truthfully it wasn’t that bad. The beds weren’t very comfortable and the place could have been a little cleaner, and it did smell like curry due to the Indian restaurant in it, and the apple juice at the breakfast bar did taste like beer, and there was some creepy guy roaming the halls rubbing our guy’s room door, but still it wasn’t that bad.
We made it out alive with on more youth getting sick in the middle of the night. She threw up once that night and once in the morning, and she didn’t feel well the rest of the day, but she always gets sick on trips.
The Second Day of Travel
The second day of travel went well for most of it. We made good time and only made a couple of stops. We were due to make our condos before 4:00pm until we hit a huge traffic jam. On the turnpike, I guess there was an accident of some sort, somewhere ahead. We were stopped for two hours. We got bored, so we got out of the vans and played around on the side of the road. The boys got out their instruments and played for everyone. Some of the girls really had to pee so they tried to go into the woods but chickened out. Some other people in the same traffic jam did not have problems peeing in front of everyone. Some guy even walked by our van turned his back and let it go.
We finally started moving, got to the condos, ate a really late dinner, watched the boys shave shapes into their leg hair, and then went to bed.
First Day of Disney World
We decided on the first day to hit the Magic Kingdom. This was evidently a mistake. We found out that New Year’s Eve is the busiest day of the year for Disney World. The Magic Kingdom was crowed by the time we got there, but not horrible. Tark, three youth, another man named Dan, and I went to ride the Haunted Mansion first. I don’t’ know why it was just on the way to other rides we wanted to ride. The line took about 25 minutes which isn’t too bad. We enjoyed the ride and decided to hit Splash Mountain next. That line took about 50 minutes but still not too bad. Everyone really liked this ride. By this time it was about time to meet for lunch. Dan said he would go to the van and get the sandwiches. He rushed ahead. The rest of us in our small group slowly made our way to the front. This was hard as a Christmas parade was making its way down Main Street U.S.A. We kind of joined the parade and followed it to the front. Once there we found Dan waiting for us with no sandwiches. He informed us that if he was to leave the Magic Kingdom, he could not get back in due to the park reaching capacity. The rest of our youth group walked up and said they were miserable as they couldn’t find any rides and hated all the people. I was a little angry at their lack of enthusiasm as it is not that hard to find rides if you have a map, and Disney World will always be crowed. Some of our group wanted to go back to the condo and play around. I said we came to go to Disney World and that is what we will do. We decided to go to the van, eat our sandwiches and then go to Epcot, which was still open.
Epcot was crowed as well, but not as bad. There were two rides at Epcot most people wanted to ride. Soarin’, and Test Track. There was a big sign listing wait times. Soarin’ had a wait time listed at 280 minutes. We decided against that. Test Track’s wait time was listed at 70 minutes, much more manageable. At 2:15pm, we entered into the test track line. This line went outside of where the line normally enters. By the time we got to where the line enters the wait time said 180 minutes. We thought hopefully it was for the back of the line and not where we were. Two and half hours later we were still in line. Some of our group gave up, but the rest of us didn’t want to throw away the two and half hours we had just spent. Finally after three hours and thirty minutes we made it to the front of the line. The filtered us into some room. In this room there was some kind of cheesy orientation video. After this video the doors opened up to more lines. Yikes! Fortunately these lines moved quickly and we got on the ride. It was a neat ride, but probably not worth the 4 hour wait. We then went on the Nemo ride which was a very quick wait and kind of a cute ride. We then watched some fireworks, got some free hats and horns and went back to the condo for dinner and bed.
-Bonus fact of Day 1-I was flashed. Yep, I saw a man’s stuff. What a way to spend a day in the Magic Kingdom
Day 2 of Disney World
Day two was much less hectic. We went to Hollywood Studios. It was not as crowed and we got on several rides with very little wait. The youth rode the Rock and Roll Roller coaster several times. I could not ride it as it goes upside down and that makes me very dizzy. They also rode the Tower of Terror and put one very scared youth on it who cried the whole time.
Tark and I ate in the park that day and were very surprised at how affordable the food was. In the late afternoon, we went back to the Magic Kingdom and everyone had a much better time. Tark and I rode Pirates of the Caribbean, The Great Stitch escape, and The Carousel of Progress.
-Bonus fact of Day 2-The Carousel of Progress freaked me out as I am scared of those robot/human things
Day 3 of Disney World
The last day was spent in Animal Kingdom and this was everyone’s favorite park. We rode the Safari, The River Rapids (several times), Dinosaur, It’s tough to be a Bug, and Expedition Everest. I am not a big roller coaster person, but for some reason I got talked into going on Everest. It scared the begeesus out of me, but I loved it. I would have rode it again but the line was super long. Tark even bought me a T-shirt to remember the event as he was surprised I went on it.
Bonus fact of Day 3-We got to see a Rhino drag his own poo across the road right in front of our vehicle on the safari. It took the Rhino like 8 minutes.
The ride back home wasn’t too bad; we stayed in Hattiesburg at a much nicer Hotel. One youth did get sick the second day of travel and the poor thing threw up all the way home and then some. She is better now though. We also stopped for a beach break on the way back. It was cold, but nice.
I have been exhausted and spending time with my kiddos and dog. I missed poor Mg’ birthday, but we took him to Dairy Queen on Monday and Tark’s parents are coming down this weekend to celebrate. My mom also took him out on his birthday and bought him a present. When my wits are about me again, I will put up a post on the awesomeness that is Mg.
