I have finished all my work with a couple hours to spare. I guess not all of my work; I am waiting on a few items via email and return phone calls before I can do the rest of what I need to do... Anyway, I have nothing else to do but eat and/or update this blog. Thanks to Selene's yummy rice krispie treats I have a nice sugary treat and luckily my fingers are always up to typing a bunch of nonsense on my blog site.
Let's see... What's new? Hmmm... Same ol' same ol'. I shall give you an update on what I did this past weekend.
Friday night I met with Cherish and Jill to discuss chapters 6 and 7 of the Battlefield of the Mind book. We had a nice time and great discussions, of course! Like I said, same ol' same ol'. Item on my "to research" list: what's the difference between being filled with the Holy Spirit and being baptised in the Holy Spirit. Pastor Bill may be disappointed in me as he did a sermon series on this and it has already escaped my mind. PB - if you read this, please comment with the answer and don't be mad!!! =)
Saturday I fried away some brain cells. Haha! Not in the way you may think - I layed on an air mattress in a swimming pool for about 3 hours in Laveen with my buddy, Selene. We literally laid there and relaxed. We tried hard to not have any conversations that involved much thinking. We were both in the mood to just veg. We went back to her place and watched Tristan and Isolde which I liked. It was a similar story to Romeo and Juliet, but a little sadder. There was no death, but I was sad for Lord Marke (he was in love with Isolde, but she was in love with Tristan). I had a roller coaster of emotions in that movie, which I normally HATE, but all in all, I enjoyed the movie.
After church yesterday, Jeremy and I ate lunch with a few people and went shopping. Jeremy opted to spend $100 of his money he won for weighing under 190 lbs. for more than 4 weeks on Rock Band for Play Station 2. I haven't seen Jeremy so happy since Andrew was born and he saw he had a son. Hee hee. That's an exaggeration, but he was happy just the same.
We went and hung out at Kristi's for a little bit and then headed home. Jeremy and I were able to play 3 or 4 songs on Rock Band before going to sleep. I discovered that I do quite well on the Base Guitar. I did a song on the hard level. I didn't get a great percentage, but I didn't get booed off stage. That is how I define "quite well." This is on a song I've never "performed" before----thank you very much.
Tonight, I will pick up Andrew and head home for more Rock Band! What a loser, huh?! I know, I know! Josh has a Battle of the Rock Bands coming up, I hear, so I must prepare! =) Now if only I can join a band...
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Chocolate Fountain and Swimming
Ah, weekend memories!
It is Monday morning which means time for reminiscing about the events of my weekend.
Friday night was FUN! Kim, Amy, Melissa, Kayla, and I enjoyed a few hours of girl-time with each other. Kim provided some great food which included a chocolate fountain! Yum! We watched Hairspray, which was OK. It was cute, but I'm glad I never bought the movie as I don't feel like I will want to watch it again. Interesting that John Travolta played Mrs. Turnblad. Disturbing a little, too. Could've ditched the movie for more girl-talk though!
Andrew hung out at Amy's house with her husband and sons. He had a BLAST! They made chocolate chip cookies, a foam Pirate craft which included a hat, sword and eye patch, played the Wii, and watched Transformers. Talk about a guy's night of fun! And, just as I suspected, Andrew didn't want to leave.
Andrew and I headed to the YMCA Saturday morning and I got my workout on in the Step N Tone class.
Then, we spent the afternoon at Nicki's community pool for Christopher's 7th birthday party. We were in the pool from 12:30-6:30 with a half hour break for food and another half hour break for cake and presents. It was fun to swim with Andrew and his newly mastered swim techniques!
When we left at 6:30, it took Andrew approximately 2.3 minutes to fall asleep in the car and he stayed asleep until 7:30 the following morning! Geesh!
We made it to church in the nick of time for the picture. We took a group picture since it was our last service in the old building. Thankfully, the picture didn't require entirely too much time in the heat, although I did get a little sweaty which never thrills me. Oh well, it's not often the church moves locations, huh?!
On my schedule this week:
It is Monday morning which means time for reminiscing about the events of my weekend.
Friday night was FUN! Kim, Amy, Melissa, Kayla, and I enjoyed a few hours of girl-time with each other. Kim provided some great food which included a chocolate fountain! Yum! We watched Hairspray, which was OK. It was cute, but I'm glad I never bought the movie as I don't feel like I will want to watch it again. Interesting that John Travolta played Mrs. Turnblad. Disturbing a little, too. Could've ditched the movie for more girl-talk though!
Andrew hung out at Amy's house with her husband and sons. He had a BLAST! They made chocolate chip cookies, a foam Pirate craft which included a hat, sword and eye patch, played the Wii, and watched Transformers. Talk about a guy's night of fun! And, just as I suspected, Andrew didn't want to leave.
Andrew and I headed to the YMCA Saturday morning and I got my workout on in the Step N Tone class.
Then, we spent the afternoon at Nicki's community pool for Christopher's 7th birthday party. We were in the pool from 12:30-6:30 with a half hour break for food and another half hour break for cake and presents. It was fun to swim with Andrew and his newly mastered swim techniques!
When we left at 6:30, it took Andrew approximately 2.3 minutes to fall asleep in the car and he stayed asleep until 7:30 the following morning! Geesh!
We made it to church in the nick of time for the picture. We took a group picture since it was our last service in the old building. Thankfully, the picture didn't require entirely too much time in the heat, although I did get a little sweaty which never thrills me. Oh well, it's not often the church moves locations, huh?!
On my schedule this week:
- Helping Jeremy hang blinds tonight (since we didn't get to it yesterday)
- Andrew's final 2 swim lessons in his Pike class on Tuesday and Thursday
- Working out during Andrew's final 2 swim lessons on Tuesday and Thursday
- Scrapbooking on Tuesday afternoon
- Battlefield of the Mind study with Kayla, Kim, Cherish, Jill, and Mary on Friday evening
Normally I attend a Home Group on Tuesday nights and I teach kids at the church on Wednesday nights, but both of those events are on break this week. My goal: dinner at home 4 nights this week (instead of just Thursday night). I'll let you know how that goes.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Weekend o' Fun
Again, I shall blog of my busy life.
It was an eventful weekend which is something I am beginning to despise. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the activities we've done in the last 3 days, but I am just tired! I dream of a night at home, on the couch, with a dinner I or Jeremy made, and a movie. Is that such a weird dream? I have friends that do that on a nightly basis. I'm jealous!
Friday night I met with my friends Cherish and Jill at Barro's Pizza and we caught up on our goings on. We were suppose to be talking about the book we are reading, Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer, but some of our group was missing and we just got to chit-catting in general. However, we did discuss a lot to do with some battles in our mind's that God is working on, so Joyce would've been proud!
I didn't get home until around 11:00 pm and I caught up with Jeremy about our day since I hadn't seen him since Thursday night, therefore, we didn't get to sleep until after midnight, I think.
I woke up early to head over to the YMCA for a Step 'N Tone class. That was a great workout and my calves and shoulders are STILL feeling it 3 days later! Jeremy and Andrew swam while I took the class.
Andrew started swim lessons this month and he showed Jeremy and I that he is able to swim about 5-6 feet on his own! We were very proud of him! He has only taken 4 classes and he has 4 left. I'm excited to see how well he gets by the end of the month. I will sign him up for another session in July in hopes of him being "floaty-free" when we visit the Lake this year.
After my YMCA class and watching Andrew swim for a bit, we headed home to get ready and take Andrew to Jeremy's mom's house in Apache Junction.
Gail had Diamondback tickets and was taking Andrew with her. Jeremy and I went and saw Indiana Jones which was a pretty good movie. I don't recall if I've seen an entire Indiana Jones movie previously, but I didn't really need a background prior to watching this one. I am looking forward to watching the first 3, though.
After the movie, Jeremy and I ventured to Target for Father's Day gifts for his dad and mine. With our mission accomplished, we headed down to south Chandler for game 1 of Jeremy's church league softball tournament at 7pm. It was HOT, but it was worth the win that the men were able to pull off. Yay! Next game was scheduled for the next day (Sunday) at 5:00 pm.
The D-backs didn't do so well, they lost to the Royals 3-12. Bummer. Andrew said he was saying, "go D-backs, go D-backs" (like Jeremy told him to), but, "it didn't work." And in the usual grandma fashion, my son was fed entirely too much junk food and had a stomach ache. But, probably due to the sugar-high, he still had a GREAT time!
After Jeremy's softball game, we headed over to Native New Yorker with our gift card and half the softball team. I enjoy eating out much more when we don't have to pay for it! The food tastes MUCH better, in my opinion. We enjoyed us some hot wings and good conversation with our friends.
By the time we picked up Andrew and got home, it was past midnight. Jeremy informed me we had to leave a half hour earlier than normal for church so he could run into Walmart to purchase 3 khaki shirts for his Royal Rangers to have by Friday's Jamboree camp-out. I am never too happy to discover I have to wake up even earlier than I'm dreading, especially when it is on last minute notice.
So, I dutifully woke up early yesterday morning to get ready for church and write in all the Father's Day cards and wrap his and my dad's gifts. We leave with only 10 minutes extra time for Jeremy to run into Walmart.
He doesn't find the shirts he needs and also realized he left all the badges at home that were needed to be sewed on to the shirts. Waste.
After church we headed back to Walmart to make sure they didn't have the shirts Jeremy needed and to get my cousin a birthday card. We were on our way to his birthday party next. We got distracted in Walmart and ended up being 30 minutes late to the birthday party, but were still the first to arrive.
We flipped back and forth between golf and the D-backs losing to KC again for 2 1/2 hours while awaiting the rest of the family to show up until 4:00 pm when it was time to head over to game 2 of Jeremy's softball tournament. We were hungry by this time, but we had dinner plans at 7:00 pm with Jeremy's dad so we figured we can tough it our for 3 more hours. Poor Andrew - please don't call CPS. He had some chips at my cousin's party and some yogurt raisins I bought at Walmart. Plus, he was smart enough to wake up and fix himself a bowl of cereal before church. Jeremy and I have yet to think that much ahead on a Sunday morning. We always starve through Church service on empty stomachs until we are released and able to head somewhere for food. Bad habits!
Oops, side tracked. Jeremy's softball game was even HOTTER than the night before as it was 5:00 pm and the sun was still beating down! We were in the shade, which helped, I'm sure, but I was still a sweaty beast and I hate being a sweaty beast. Especially when we have somewhere to be afterwards.
They won the game, which was fantabulous! Jeremy had a super cool slide into 2nd and I told him I was very impressed and he should stop complaining about his bleeding leg and ankle because he looked really hot when he slid. He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it's a girl thing to not care about pain if you look cool (or cute) doing something.
Our church was due to play again at 7:00 pm and they went ahead and just won the championship. It was a double elimination tournament and they never lost one game. That's how awesome they are and I only say this because I know that's what they are thinking! Hee hee. I do think they are awesome, though.
We missed that championship game because we went to eat with Jeremy's family at Joe's Crab Shack in Tempe. It was so worth missing the game to get out of the heat and the dirt and to get some food finally! We had a good time eating and hanging out, as usual, except, my son took a bite out of his cousin, Dustin, while awaiting his food. I couldn't figure out why he would bite since he hasn't bitten anyone since I bit him back when he was about 1 years old. Later I thought, maybe the kid was just super hungry. Another problem was we got home super late again, which was our fault, since we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream on the way home. I was very grumpy since I was tired and thinking about how I had to get up early today for work.
I feel Jeremy needs a re-do for Father's Day. We rushed and rushed from place to place the second we woke up and I didn't even get him a gift yet. Don't judge; I was planning to go Saturday before Andrew went to the D-backs game, but Jeremy asked Gail to take Andrew earlier so we could go to a movie. He was with me the whole day and I didn't have a couple hours to spare as I had originally planned. I'm getting him a gift today people - I just don't know what. :-/
So, the moral of the story is we got to bed at 11:30 last night and I had to wake up at 4:45 am and I am grumpy again (or still, I should say).
Oh, and Jeremy has another tournament tonight for his Monday night softball league. It starts at 7:00 so who knows how late we'll get home again. It's better, though, since I am off tomorrow and I will feed my kid before the game this time.
How did everyone elses Father's Days go? I hope some dad or dads out there, along with their families, had a nice relaxing day.
What did you all do this weekend? Anything exciting that I can add to my upcoming weekend so I can complain about it next Monday?
It was an eventful weekend which is something I am beginning to despise. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the activities we've done in the last 3 days, but I am just tired! I dream of a night at home, on the couch, with a dinner I or Jeremy made, and a movie. Is that such a weird dream? I have friends that do that on a nightly basis. I'm jealous!
Friday night I met with my friends Cherish and Jill at Barro's Pizza and we caught up on our goings on. We were suppose to be talking about the book we are reading, Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer, but some of our group was missing and we just got to chit-catting in general. However, we did discuss a lot to do with some battles in our mind's that God is working on, so Joyce would've been proud!
I didn't get home until around 11:00 pm and I caught up with Jeremy about our day since I hadn't seen him since Thursday night, therefore, we didn't get to sleep until after midnight, I think.
I woke up early to head over to the YMCA for a Step 'N Tone class. That was a great workout and my calves and shoulders are STILL feeling it 3 days later! Jeremy and Andrew swam while I took the class.
Andrew started swim lessons this month and he showed Jeremy and I that he is able to swim about 5-6 feet on his own! We were very proud of him! He has only taken 4 classes and he has 4 left. I'm excited to see how well he gets by the end of the month. I will sign him up for another session in July in hopes of him being "floaty-free" when we visit the Lake this year.
After my YMCA class and watching Andrew swim for a bit, we headed home to get ready and take Andrew to Jeremy's mom's house in Apache Junction.
Gail had Diamondback tickets and was taking Andrew with her. Jeremy and I went and saw Indiana Jones which was a pretty good movie. I don't recall if I've seen an entire Indiana Jones movie previously, but I didn't really need a background prior to watching this one. I am looking forward to watching the first 3, though.
After the movie, Jeremy and I ventured to Target for Father's Day gifts for his dad and mine. With our mission accomplished, we headed down to south Chandler for game 1 of Jeremy's church league softball tournament at 7pm. It was HOT, but it was worth the win that the men were able to pull off. Yay! Next game was scheduled for the next day (Sunday) at 5:00 pm.
The D-backs didn't do so well, they lost to the Royals 3-12. Bummer. Andrew said he was saying, "go D-backs, go D-backs" (like Jeremy told him to), but, "it didn't work." And in the usual grandma fashion, my son was fed entirely too much junk food and had a stomach ache. But, probably due to the sugar-high, he still had a GREAT time!
After Jeremy's softball game, we headed over to Native New Yorker with our gift card and half the softball team. I enjoy eating out much more when we don't have to pay for it! The food tastes MUCH better, in my opinion. We enjoyed us some hot wings and good conversation with our friends.
By the time we picked up Andrew and got home, it was past midnight. Jeremy informed me we had to leave a half hour earlier than normal for church so he could run into Walmart to purchase 3 khaki shirts for his Royal Rangers to have by Friday's Jamboree camp-out. I am never too happy to discover I have to wake up even earlier than I'm dreading, especially when it is on last minute notice.
So, I dutifully woke up early yesterday morning to get ready for church and write in all the Father's Day cards and wrap his and my dad's gifts. We leave with only 10 minutes extra time for Jeremy to run into Walmart.
He doesn't find the shirts he needs and also realized he left all the badges at home that were needed to be sewed on to the shirts. Waste.
After church we headed back to Walmart to make sure they didn't have the shirts Jeremy needed and to get my cousin a birthday card. We were on our way to his birthday party next. We got distracted in Walmart and ended up being 30 minutes late to the birthday party, but were still the first to arrive.
We flipped back and forth between golf and the D-backs losing to KC again for 2 1/2 hours while awaiting the rest of the family to show up until 4:00 pm when it was time to head over to game 2 of Jeremy's softball tournament. We were hungry by this time, but we had dinner plans at 7:00 pm with Jeremy's dad so we figured we can tough it our for 3 more hours. Poor Andrew - please don't call CPS. He had some chips at my cousin's party and some yogurt raisins I bought at Walmart. Plus, he was smart enough to wake up and fix himself a bowl of cereal before church. Jeremy and I have yet to think that much ahead on a Sunday morning. We always starve through Church service on empty stomachs until we are released and able to head somewhere for food. Bad habits!
Oops, side tracked. Jeremy's softball game was even HOTTER than the night before as it was 5:00 pm and the sun was still beating down! We were in the shade, which helped, I'm sure, but I was still a sweaty beast and I hate being a sweaty beast. Especially when we have somewhere to be afterwards.
They won the game, which was fantabulous! Jeremy had a super cool slide into 2nd and I told him I was very impressed and he should stop complaining about his bleeding leg and ankle because he looked really hot when he slid. He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it's a girl thing to not care about pain if you look cool (or cute) doing something.
Our church was due to play again at 7:00 pm and they went ahead and just won the championship. It was a double elimination tournament and they never lost one game. That's how awesome they are and I only say this because I know that's what they are thinking! Hee hee. I do think they are awesome, though.
We missed that championship game because we went to eat with Jeremy's family at Joe's Crab Shack in Tempe. It was so worth missing the game to get out of the heat and the dirt and to get some food finally! We had a good time eating and hanging out, as usual, except, my son took a bite out of his cousin, Dustin, while awaiting his food. I couldn't figure out why he would bite since he hasn't bitten anyone since I bit him back when he was about 1 years old. Later I thought, maybe the kid was just super hungry. Another problem was we got home super late again, which was our fault, since we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream on the way home. I was very grumpy since I was tired and thinking about how I had to get up early today for work.
I feel Jeremy needs a re-do for Father's Day. We rushed and rushed from place to place the second we woke up and I didn't even get him a gift yet. Don't judge; I was planning to go Saturday before Andrew went to the D-backs game, but Jeremy asked Gail to take Andrew earlier so we could go to a movie. He was with me the whole day and I didn't have a couple hours to spare as I had originally planned. I'm getting him a gift today people - I just don't know what. :-/
So, the moral of the story is we got to bed at 11:30 last night and I had to wake up at 4:45 am and I am grumpy again (or still, I should say).
Oh, and Jeremy has another tournament tonight for his Monday night softball league. It starts at 7:00 so who knows how late we'll get home again. It's better, though, since I am off tomorrow and I will feed my kid before the game this time.
How did everyone elses Father's Days go? I hope some dad or dads out there, along with their families, had a nice relaxing day.
What did you all do this weekend? Anything exciting that I can add to my upcoming weekend so I can complain about it next Monday?
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