Pay day!

Woo-Hoo...Today is payday! I love payday, it's a day where you go from great excitement to utter despair in all of an hour. You get your check, you smile...you deposit it in the bank, write your bills out, and cry. Life is so much fun! I either need to get a roommate, a husband (to supply a second income), or a second job...or a raise at this one. I make good money for where I am, but if it's not one thing it's another. (My brakes went out on my car, which I just replaced in February, this week...you would think that brakes would last more than nine months.) But oh well...God is good to me and I have yet to go hungry. --grin--

On to brighter subjects...last night we had play practice from 7:00-10:20, and we covered scene one. YIKES!! Granted we didn't start actually practicing until around 8:00, but still we didn't get very far...the play starts next Monday (Dec 5). But I think that it will come together...everyone please pray that we pull this off as it should be done (Christmas in Cricket County is the play we're doing). It was a lot of fun getting our parts and the emotions in sync last night. Oh well...must go eat lunch.

Train up a child...

It's amazing what kids come up with and how their minds work. My nieces are continually making me laugh over simple things. Following is a story that was 'spammed' to me via email...hope you guys enjoy it. It's simple deduction...but true.

One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children.
The teacher asked a little boy: Tommy do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God up there?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there. Possibly he just doesn't exist.
A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions. The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yessssss!
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssss!
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught today in school, she possibly may not even have one!

Opps...did I say that out loud?

Here's a little fun to make you laugh...or at least it made me laugh. Watch the gentleman's face for the reaction to what comes from his mouth. Enjoy!
(Pitch Your Tent)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish everyone that reads my blog a Happy Thanksgiving...hope you enjoy your family time, or time alone which ever it may be. If you are traveling, may you be protected and have safe journeys.

I had a Thanksgiving meal last night with my surrogate family (the Wiggs), and today I will be going to my Grandma Fosters house to eat lunch with a very limited number of family members, only 10 of the 47...this year is the year for the 'other' families, so everyone else will be with the families of their spouses. After 'family' time, me and my friend are going to raid my closet to try and figure out some 'cute' outfits for the coming Holiday Season. There will be a lot of things going on and one has to be 'cute' for them all.

Anyway...my greenbeans (food of choice to bring to family gathering) need to be stirred and I have to get ready (it's already 12:18 and I have to be there at 1:00). So....Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Cyberathlete

Well, I realized today that I went into the wrong profession. While reading the paper today I came across an story with the headline, 'Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour Grand Finals: Missouri gamer wins $150,000'. So, since the amount of money was very substantial I decided to read the story. Johnathan Wendel, a 24 year-old from Kansas City, MO, won $150,000 for beating Sander Kaasjager, from the Netherlands, in a video game. Johnathan stated that it took a lot of 'practice' coming into the tournament, training about eight hours a day for the last two or three weeks. (He must have sore fingers...what with all that 'training') So, I've decided that I was misguided as a child and was sent into the workforce instead of being allowed to play video games...and this kid made more money in one day than I do in 'several, several, several days...even years'. I definitely am in the wrong profession.

Turkey to the Rescue

I was reading in the news about a man who used his 20 lb turkey to rescue a couple from their burning car. The couple was 89 and 90 years old, got stuck in their car after it crashed, and the only thing that was able to break the windows out of the car was the frozen turkey that Mr. Copsy, who was trying to rescue them, had just purchased for Thanksgiving dinner. When the Copsy family sits down to Thanksgiving dinner they can be truly thankful for the turkey on the table...it saved two lives. (Article)

Wal-Mart

The one and only place that you can spend less than 10 minutes in and see at least five people that you know that you haven't seen in at least three weeks. If we lived in a bigger city with more options of shopping it may not be the same ratio...but living in a small southeast MO town Wal-Mart is the place to be. I ran in last night on my way home from work to purchase a few things, and we ended up running into several people. If it's just a few minutes to say 'hey, how's it going', but sometimes people end up spending a good thirty minutes in one of the isles catching up with one another. And what better time than the 'shopping season' to do this...EVERYONE is at Wal-Mart. And yes, there is a 'shopping season'...everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas and it's CRAZY in there. So, if you're feeling lonely or just want to see some friends...go to your local Wal-Mart and walk around, you're sure to run into someone you know. If not then meet someone new...I'm sure that there are others there doing the same thing.

Kids and Glasses

My nephew, Simeon, who is only twenty months old had to get glasses. He picked them up this Tuesday, and he's been pretty excited about it all...because he can actually see now. Riley and Tara had noticed that he was 'inspecting' things rather closely when he would pick them up and was squinting a lot, so they took him to the eye doctor. Come to find out he's a -10...therefore legally blind, but can be corrected with glasses to the point where he can see. When they first took him to get his eyes checked and realized that he was unable to see, they put a pair of Tara's glasses on him when he got home. Simeon walked around saying 'wow' and looking at everything. Needless to say he didn't want to give the glasses up. But now he has his own glasses...and they make him really cute (I think). In the picture up to the left he's enjoying his first happy meal with his new glasses on.

Firearm Deer Season

This past weekend was the opening weekend of firearm season for deer hunting, which I thought would be a lot easier to shoot a deer with a gun than with my bow...but you have to actually see one to even attempt to shoot at one. The weather conditions were not very good for opening weekend, with temps around 70 degrees the deer tend to stay in bed because it's to hot to move around. Out of the 16 people in our camp (10 of them actually hunting) only two got a deer...no one else even saw anything. It wasn't just our camp that was having this problem, everyone everywhere was saying that they weren't moving. Granted I didn't freeze like last year, but it would have been nice to at least see something.

We had a lot of fun at camp though. The stories that are told around a camp fire will be retold for years to come...and then you have the 'instances' that happen that become stories for future years (i.e. my mom folding herself up in a chair, Larry and his gloves, the 'tornado' and Chris' desire to be outside at that time). We had good food and a lot of fun, just not enough deer were killed...but there's always next weekend and next year.

Sick, Sick, Sick...Everyone is Sick

This week has been a hard one for me as 'customer service manager' at work. My department decided to get the flu that's going around...then pass it around among everyone here. Luckily I have the ability to stay healthy when the plague hit, so I get to be at work all the time and figure out how I will cover the shifts of everyone that is out sick. My night supervisor ended up with strep throat and the flu...he's been out since Tuesday. Among the rest of them that are left, I have had one to two out each day or leaving early due to being sick. Lysol has become my friend...spray, wipe, spray, wipe. And Purell hand sanitizer...everyone is required to use it. I have moved people around so much today I'm about dizzy, then one of them ended up sick and doesn't know if they will be able to cover the shift tonight. Gotta love flu season. We need a massive cold spell (10 below) to freeze all the germs out so we can get past this. Pray that my support department gets better and things can get back to some semblance of normalcy.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Every year, for about the past ten, our church hosts a dinner theater called 'Christmas At Our House'. We host a dinner and then put on a play that has a theme of Christ, the whole meaning of Christmas, though not always a play with the stable scene. Well this year I was chosen to be part of the cast again, we're putting on the play "Christmas in Cricket County" (or something along those lines)...and we are having practices like crazy. Well, maybe just twice a week so far...but with church and work it seems like a lot. It's been fun though, some of the mistakes you make (or the others) are hilarious...mainly the ones others make are funnier than your own. We're going six nights this year...usually we only go four...but it's gotten so big that we had to add two more nights, and we're already sold out (with about 250 each night). It's going to be CRAZY!! But a blast...our whole church is involved. We all look forward to it and it's a lot of fun getting to spend time working together to put the whole thing on...and the people love us (woo-hoo!). The play is the first full week of Christmas (Dec 5-10), and we don't have a stage yet...so it's a little difficult to practice and get the feel of it all. But West Point being West Point, we'll pull it off like we do every year and it will all work out. (Though I may be strung out on No-Do's and Bawls/Red Bull...it will be worth it). -- grin --

Feeling Stupid

Alright, I had a very BLONDE moment concerning my blog. (Forgive me if you are blonde and reading this...nothing against you, but I was a bit ditzy) For some reason the username and password for my blog got turned around in my head, and when I entered it at my house it would let me in and show my profile, but it didn't have my blogs on there for me to post. Therefore I've been posting at work...because it worked there. I came home from church tonight (which was very good...Dr. James Littles did a Family/Marriage class at our church) and was going to see if it would work here, since it worked at work...and I couldn't get on. My brother tried it from his system and it works. So I downloaded another browser thinking that my IE was messed up. Still nothing worked...Riley asked what user name and pw I was using, and then told me to try the others (because that was what he was using) and WOW...it worked. I feel very bad right now...and a little dumb. But hey...I'm back to blogging from my house!

Shop Till You Drop

Ah the joy of shopping with my mother...I had forgotten what it was like when she was in a 'shopping mood' to actually go shopping with her. I spent Saturday with my mom, after hunting of course (I saw the tail end of two deer that my dad 'jumped' while trying to scare something out of the brush...he scared them alright) Anyway, I digress. Back to my mom. We went to Cape and got there around 10:30 in the morning. I did not get back home until 11:00 PM. I had fun, and found some cute clothes...but for someone that doesn't like to shop I was most definitely glad to be home. But I should have known better, when we were little and the new Super Wal-Mart opened in PB...my mom and her sister spent four hours there. I knew the layout of Wal-Mart very well by the end of that shopping day.

Sears/K-Mart. Cape has a new Super Sears store that was built after the merging of Sears and K-Mart. I was not very impressed with the store. It's made like a K-Mart/Wal-Mart style store, but they still have the prices you would find in an upscale department store. No real rhyme or reason to it all...and it was a little strange having 'food' in Sears. Sears was a department store in a mall...now it's another one stop shopping center with expensive merchandise. Hopefully their marketing idea works for them...it didn't work for me.