Dear Shannon

This one's for you! ;)

Apparently, Shannon needs something to read. Ummm let's see. Church was good today. I got a bit teary in Sunday School when Jared humbly shared about visible sin. It struck a major chord with me. Time to get on that! Worship was really good, but it lacked something. Something like.....drums. Oh speaking of drums (hahahahaha) I have been practicing them, and if all goes well (which I feel it will) I will be playin with the band very soon. Now's your turn to say "I didn't know you played the drums!?" Well, I played a bit in high school, and am very drawn to any song with heavy drums. I like to think I have a little bit of rhythm, and have an annoying habit of drumming out the beats of a song on any hard surface around me. Hmmm maybe I should have pursued this a long time ago. :) I love playing them, and I am really excited about it. The other members of the worship group are being so supportive and I really appreciate it. :)

Hmmm. I, with help from my wonderful friend Joy, am fixing Wednesday night dinner. We are planning on doing spaghetti bake. It's easy, super yummy and it usually gets pretty good reviews. :)

I will have A & G everyday this week. I had them all last week too. This may sound a bit crazy, but the majority of the time, I enjoy having them here. They are both very well behaved, and Tommy is entertained too. Woohoo. Then on Friday, I am going to Rock the Light! On Saturday, I am taking Trent to Rock the Light. He is very excited to see the Newsboys.

September is a very busy month for us. My birthday is the second week, our anniversary is the third week, and then Trent's birthday is the fourth week. Add to that fall volleyball (YES!!!!!!!) Labor Day, 2 home parties (not mine, don't worry) dentist appointments, and MOPS (I miss MOPS, so I joined a new group. I'm a bit nervous because I don't do well talking to new people, but I think it will be good for me), it will be a very full month.
Anyway, there ya go. :) I will try to blog more often.

Growing boy!

Next year, I am not buying school clothes until the day before school starts!! I took Trent clothes shopping last month for school. I bought a few pairs of shorts and shirts. Well today he tried to put on a pair that I bought, and said he couldn't get them buttoned. I figured he was just gripping because of the type of button, which he does often, but when I went to button them, sure enough, i wasn't going to happen. They fit perfectly a month ago, now I they won't go all the way around. Thank goodness I decided not to buy him jeans yet, I would have been a mad mama!

Awesome Anniversary gift!

THE OFFICE RETURNS ON OUR ANNIVERSARY!!!!! We won't be here to watch it, but still exciting! :)

Hardcore

Today while driving I saw a man on a motorcycle, and strapped to his motorcycle was his crutches! Awesome!

Transparent...

I am not. I read lots of blogs full of deep personal thoughts feelings, emotions, struggles, happiness and sadness. I read my blog and if feels very much generic. If you know me at all, I am not one to put all my emotions out for everyone to see, in fact, I do the exact opposite. I don't like to show when I am having a hard time, and I certainly don't like to talk about it. Every once in a while I will have a half hearted "deep" talk with a good friend, but even then I don't get into full detail. One reason is, I feel silly. I am blessed beyond anything I could ever ask for, so what do I have to be down about? I know so many others who are going thru much worse than I am, and it just feels like I have no room to complain. I know this is silly, and I shouldn't feel this way. I was talking to a friend yesterday, and she said she was making a prayer list, and asked if there was anything I needed prayer for. Just then, my 2nd phone lined beeped, and I said Yes, but I have to go. I thought I got out of that, and I wouldn't have to talk about it. Not so much. She remembered me and called back later and asked what I needed. I told her I didn't know. Mostly because I don't know. The past few weeks have been difficult. These things seem to come in waves. I'll be fine for a while, then it just hits me like a ton of bricks. I have been on medication for it before, and it helped, but I decided I didn't want to be on them anymore because I know if I wait it out, it will get better eventually. The worst part of it is I don't feel like being around people, and they know something is up, and ask what's up, but back to the whole I don't know how to talk about it. Bla. So that's what's been up in Jennyland if you have been wondering.


On a happier note. I. LOVE. OUR. FLOORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously I will NEVER have carpet again. If we ever move into a different house, the carpet will be gone before we even move in.

For Shannon (and whoever else wants to see :)

The stairs.......

Sauce update

Hubby said it was better than store bought. And a win for mama!
The only complaint was it was a bit on the runny side, but I can fix that next time. :)

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce from our garden

We had a bunch of Roma tomatoes from our garden and I decided to make some spaghetti sauce for dinner tonight.


First blanch the tomatoes

Put them in boiling water



Then put them in ice cold water and the skins come right off. I didn't bother with getting the seeds out, I just took of the skin and cut the very top of the core out.




Then I threw them all in a pot and smashed them up


Heat to boiling and boil about 45 minuets.



I chopped up a green pepper, a onion and a couple jalapenos (all from our garden :), and sauted them in garlic and oil. I added some herbs, some fresh, some dried, and a little salt and sugar.




I decided to blend the sauce so I didn't have to listen to complaints about there being chunks of onion in the sauce.

FYI ~ When using a blender for hot things, you have to vent it a bit or you will have whatever you are blending all over yourself and your kitchen. I learned this the hard way when making black bean soup once.

Let that simmer for 30 minuets or so, add hamburger and it is ready to go!




My eldest said "This is awesome!"
Ahh a good day! :)

overdue I know.......

Here are a couple pics. My cats apparently like to be all up in my pictures! :)

Please excuse my living room mess, it's been a long few weeks.................

BEFORE (the bed is in the same spot, I just forgot to take a pic before we moved it out)


AFTER (nevermind the creepy cat eyes)


and one shot of the living room. I will take more when it's all back to normal

You are what you speak.....

Something I need to work on....

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