Ladybugs & Stinkbugs

A church was interviewing a new organist one Sunday morning. The pastor tells her "I'm going to preaching on tithing this morning then at the end I'm going to ask people to stand and pledge to give money to the church. So pick out something appropriate to play."

So the pastor gives him sermon and passionately pleads at the end "so now if you're ready to give your money to this church, I invite you to stand." At which time the organist starts playing The Star Spangled Banner. The pastor looks over at the organist and mouths "you're hired!"
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Where was Moses when the lights went out?

In the dark.
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How many Baptists does it take to change a light bulb?
At least 15. One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad.

How many Calvinists does it take to change a light bulb?
None. God has predestined when the lights will be on.

How many Charismatics does it take to change a light bulb?
Five. One to change the bulb and four to bind the spirit of darkness in the room.

How many Mormons does it take to change a light bulb?
Five. One man to change bulb & four wives to tell him how to do it.
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A Christian man was such a good servant that God told him: "Ask me whatever you want and I'll give it to you"
The guys answered: "Make a highway from my house in LA to Hawaii so that I can go on vacation drive anytime I want".
God responded: "well, since you are such a good hearted guy, I was expecting something a little more... 'loving towards your fellow Christians, something less material and more substantial..'.
The guy thinks about it and replies: "ok, since you value marriage and relationships so much, what about you give me the ability to always understand women?"

God responds: "How many lanes do you want on your highway?"
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n old country preacher was visiting his church members one beautiful spring Saturday when he arrived at the house of a younger couple. Their car was in the driveway and the windows of the house were open, so it was obvious the couple was home. The preacher knocked on the door, but no one answered. A second knock went unanswered, and a third. So the preacher wrote Revelation 3:20 on his business card and left it in the door. (Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.)
The next day after church, the preacher was counting the money from the collection plate when he noticed his business card had been dropped in with the offerings. The couple had written Genesis 3:10 beneath the previous verse. (I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.)

Mom, thanks for sharing - this is just darling!

You know you're a crochet addict when...

• You’re proud to be called a “hooker”.
• You have a room for your yarn, not a shelf or a draw, you have an entire room.
• When someone greets you they start off by say, “What are you knitting?”
• You have more crochet hooks and patterns than you can count or will ever use.
• You have a designated crochet bag that you carry projects in, and the bag isn’t small.
• You always keep a crochet project in your car or at work, just in case you have some down time.
• Your hands get fidgety when you go a day without crocheting (as if you would ever do that).
• You have a play list of music or movies that’s called, “Play While Crocheting”.
• You memorized when the major yarn stores have discounts and coupons.
• You crochet with things other than yarn, such as plastic bags, cassette tape, duck tape, t-shirts, etc.
• You’ve learned to die yarn with Kool-aid and spin yarn out of your pet’s hair.
• You wear one of those necklace medallions that cuts your yarn for you.
• Your number of WIPs (works in progress) and UFOs (unfinished objects) keeps multiplying, and you blame it on your cat/dog/spouse.
• You are crocheting while reading this post.

What's with this forecast?

This is some of the most incredibly twisted logic that I have ever heard.

Jesus wore pants - not a dress!

You can always go here, or click the "November" link at the top of my blog to see these pictures, but the link will be changing to December pictures. I know some of you CAN'T WAIT to see all of my new pictures, but I'm giving you ONE LAST CHANCE to check out the November ones before we move on. After all, why be in a hurry? (Unless you're 8 and CAN'T WAIT for Christmas to get here...)

Free Whataburger Here!

The holidays are all about giving and so is Whataburger. This holiday season, we're happy to share the 12 Days of Whataburger with you.Starting December 1st we'll be emailing you a coupon for free food valid every other day from December 2nd until December 24th, 2009. It could be anything from a shake, to French fries, to a Whataburger®. And it's free just for sharing the holiday season with us.

'Tis the season for giving, right? Share it with your friends by email, Facebook or Twitter.

I might have posted this before, but it's too cute not to repeat!

Get it Here

Of course you have to download their "music downloader" software, but it integrates with iTunes (or whatever you use).

Jeremy bought me an early Christmas present the other day: Wii Fit! It is an awesome addition to the Wii, with lots of fitness games, yoga, weight tracking, and tips that I have been needing. I've wanted it for a while, and the "budget supervisor" finally decided it was a good investment.

We have told the kids this is an "adults only" game. What this means in our house is that the kids may only play the game if an adult is playing with them. So this means, right now there is a lot of, "Mommy, do you want to play Wii fit?" :)

After finally giving in to relentless begging this afternoon, I let the kids play. One of the games is a "free run" - it sets the timer for ten minutes, and you run (in place) through the "park" on the screen. It's a really neat way to let your mind wander while you're exercising, but I thought it would be rather boring for the kids.

I was wrong.

Annie picked it because a kitty runs with you, and is your "guide". She ran the entire ten minutes!!! While she's running, Matthew is cheering her on. You can hear her running out of breath, and I'm constantly reminding her that she needs to move away from the TV. Finally, at about 8 minutes, she says, "It's a good thing I'm not really running, or I'd be really tired!"

I was rolling on the floor, while trying not to let her think I was laughing at her. That's my funny girl!

I hate it when you get a "free" download, or print a coupon on the internet, but before you can print or download it, they make you install a program to download or use it.

Why?

Just my rant for the day.

I'm just browsing the internet today, with not much else to do while the spaghetti cooks. (I know, it's only 10:30. But when you run out of eggs, bread & milk all in the same morning, what else do you do?)

One thing I've realized is that the internet is like cable TV. There's hundreds of "channels" and NOTHING ON!

So, I think I'm going to go play with my kids. See you!

my kids and my husband - they are so much fun to be around.

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They had shared everything. They had talked about everything.
They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had
cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but
one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said
She would not recover.

Hi all!

I just posted a LOT of videos! I don't usually put that much up at once, but Jeremy & I are leaving tomorrow for Florida!! Our ten-year anniversary is tomorrow, and we are going to have four, kid-free days on the beach! Since I wanted to get all of these videos up before we left, I just put all of them up! I hope you enjoy them - we have been having a lot of fun with our kiddos lately.

Also, a shout-out to my friend Hillary in WA who just had her baby!! Congratulations - can't wait to see pictures!

Why am I posting about nothing?

Does life ever just catch you off guard? These last couple of weeks have been crazy for our family! We've been gone every single day for the last almost two weeks - that never happens in our family. It's been worth it - it's all church/VBS-related - but, still, it's getting hard.

Anyway, that explains my absence from blogging in the last few weeks. Not that much new to share, either, though I will post some VBS pictures later in the week.

Oh, and one thing that's just total silliness - my son (8) has a "facebook for kids" page!! He has been begging me to let him have a real FB page, and I just did not feel comfortable with that at all. You just never know...however, I found a website that does the same thing, only for kids, that is strictly monitored and also lets me see everything he access or who talks to him, and he is just having a ball!! Any of you with young ones might want to check this out, if they are in to that sort of thing! :)

Facebook for Kids