Busy Days...

Things continue to be pretty hectic around here. We're making headway on the house - our small group from church is coming over on Sunday evening to help us paint the living room and kitchen. Are those true friends or what? :) We've been doing the prep these past couple days - using lots of spackle, pulling off paneling, discovering wallpaper remnants (we're removing chair rail in one room, and suddenly had a vivid reminder that when we stripped the ugly wallpaper several years ago, we simply CUT around the trim) Ah, the joys. A dear friend watched A for me yesterday for five hours so I had some good solid working time - I'll also have that tomorrow when hubby and the kids take a vehicle up to his sister's. Speaking of hubby, he's really going through a lot right now. Things at work are really tough right now as people are being laid off and others are training their replacements. Lots of raw emotions floating around - and he's worked with most of these people for nearly 13 years. He's carrying a lot on his shoulders right now, and please pray for him as the Lord brings him to mind. Please pray for me, too, that I can be supportive and helpful, rather than just adding to his burden.

I took some fabulous pictures of the sky yesterday that I was hoping to share, but we're having computer issues once again. When I turned our main computer on this morning (which I'd dumped pics onto last night before heading to bed) I was greeted with an error message, stating that one of the Windows config files is missing. That computer has been giving us a lot of problems in the past couple months, and it may finally be time to just let in rest in peace. In the meantime, I'm working on the old laptop - but no access to pics, editing software, etc. I don't think it's going to be a priority for awhile, either, so posts may be photo-free for a bit.

Well, my coffe is cold and my break time is over. Back to the grindstone!

Friday Funny

You may have heard that tomorrow is Valentine's Day :) Since I have an Italian surname, how about some thoughts on amoré...

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amoré.
When an eel bites your hand and that's not what you planned
That's a moray.
When your horse munches straw and the bales total four
That's some more hay.
When a New Zealand man has a permanent tan
That’s a Maori.
When Othello's poor wife, she gets stabbed with a knife
That's a Moor, eh?
When a Japanese knight used a sword in a fight
That's Sa...mur...ai.

Hey, I can hear the groans from here! So is anyone doing anything blissfully romantic tomorrow? Not much happening here at the D house. We'll be painting in the morning, shuttling son off to his last round of basketball, etc. We are planning to send the kids off to bed a bit early then make a nice meal just for ourselves and kick back for the evening. No presents, though. Well, unless you count the microwave as a joint gift :) Yep, ours went out with a loud pop last night as I was cooking vegetables for dinner. Considering we had it nearly 13 years I don't think we can complain much. I needed to run out last night anyway so stopped and picked a new one up. Hauled it in the house, got it all set up, tested it out... and the glass part wouldn't turn. How annoying! So that meant packing it *all* back up so I could return it this morning to pick up a new one. It's sitting on the table now - I haven't even opened the box yet, but you can be sure I'm going to give it a 10 second test run before setting it up in its final location!

Son Fun

Today is the 100th day of school! The kids were each supposed to create a hat with 100 of something. D wanted to use Spiderman stickers (a book of which he'd received in his Christmas stocking), and Daddy volunteered the use of his uber-cool hat. My contribution was creating a band of orange cardstock. Fun times!

And finally, as promised, here is a video clip from Basketball Practice. This was a couple weeks ago, and he definitely has improved even in that brief period :) You'll see him attempt to catch a pass, dribble, then shoot. I must say that I've been really impressed with his coach - very patient with the kids and giving them all a chance to play. Only one week left!

Lastly, just a brief "Yay Me!" update - I weighed in at WW this morning, and I'm down 2 lbs this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yes, this is one time that the overuse of exclamation points is definitely called for) Philippians 4:13, baby!!

Friday Funny

Received this in an email, and was totally cracking up!

Why parents should always check their children's homework before they hand it in:

A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for a homework assignment.
After it was graded and the child brought it home, she returned to school the next day with the following note:

Dear Ms. Davis,

I want to be very clear on my child's illustration. It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint. I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm. The picture is of me selling a shovel.

Mrs. Harrington

Crockpots Rock.

Found this on the MSN homepage this morning. Never really thought about the energy-saving aspect. Lovin' my crockpot even more now!

And can't remember whether I've shared this site before, but I love it!

OK, off for another productive day :)