Sunday, June 29, 2008
Summertime!
Here I am, eating my favorite dessert - cream cream!
Mmmmmm, good.
And now, on to my favorite activity - mowing!Saturday, June 28, 2008
Aidan Singing
Last month, I took the kids to hear the Master's College Chorale at our church (Jordan was working...). Aidan watched intently for the entire 2 hour concert, and we enjoyed it so much that we bought the CD. We have been listening to the CD in the van when we are out, and I love the fact that the kids are learning such good words! Here is Aidan in a rare singing performance. He usually won't sing very loud if he is asked to sing. The noise at the end is Gresham asking for something... "mo mo mo" means "more."
OHHH Wow.
On Thursday I got my hair cut at Great Clips. I knew that it was a bad idea, but I just figured I could get it evened up a little, and only spend $14, and not have to drive 30 min. to the place where I usually get it cut.
When I got there, there were two people cutting hair - a fairly normal looking lady, and a real weird guy. Guess who I got!
I told him what I wanted, and he carefully laid out his comb, and scissors, and towel, and then STARTED A TIMER FOR 10 MINUTES. I am not kidding! I was wondering what was going to happen if the 10 minutes were up and he wasn't done. I had heard that Great Clips expects their sylists to do a cut every 10 minutes. Apparently, that's true!
At the 2:45 mark, some customers came in, and he went to sign them in. He came back with 0:57 remaining. Thankfully, he continued cutting after the timer went off!
The final product is okay. It looks pretty good as long as you don't look too closely!
The miracle of it all was that the kids were with me, and they behaved beautifully!
When I got there, there were two people cutting hair - a fairly normal looking lady, and a real weird guy. Guess who I got!
I told him what I wanted, and he carefully laid out his comb, and scissors, and towel, and then STARTED A TIMER FOR 10 MINUTES. I am not kidding! I was wondering what was going to happen if the 10 minutes were up and he wasn't done. I had heard that Great Clips expects their sylists to do a cut every 10 minutes. Apparently, that's true!
At the 2:45 mark, some customers came in, and he went to sign them in. He came back with 0:57 remaining. Thankfully, he continued cutting after the timer went off!
The final product is okay. It looks pretty good as long as you don't look too closely!
The miracle of it all was that the kids were with me, and they behaved beautifully!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
When my boys grow up...
Today at lunch, Aidan was asking Gresham if he wanted to be a construction worker when he grew up. He said that he would pick the name of their company, because Gresham doesn't know "what the companies are." I told him, "Well, you'll both be adults then, so Gresham will know that kind of thing." That didn't register in Aidan's mind, so I explained further, "You can name it whatever you want, because the company will belong to the two of you." Aidan said, "Okay! I'll name it Spiderman!"
When we need home repairs, that's definitely what I look for in the phone book! A company with a name like "Spiderman!"
When we need home repairs, that's definitely what I look for in the phone book! A company with a name like "Spiderman!"
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Is this really news?
So, Jordan and I don't usually watch the news, but we did tonight. He even adjusted our "rabbit ears" antenna so that channel 5 would come in clear, since that is my favorite news station to watch. And wow, the news has really declined.
The news opened with a story about how the police messed up big time yesterday.
Then, we heard about gas prices and how high they are. They showed a nifty chart comparing the cost of gas this year vs. last year.
This led right into a story about how students at Criswell College can hardly afford to go there anymore, because it's an all commuter school. They interviewed some people at the college who said they are trying to compact their schedules so that students can fit more into a trip.
After a commercial break which featured several large, gas-guzzling SUV's, we heard a story about how GMC is offering 0% financing for 6 years because they can hardly move the SUV's off their lot.
Next, we heard about how some electric companies in Texas are shuting down and "leaving their customers in the dark."
We also learned that since "prices at the pump" are increasing, we can also expect the "price of pumps" to go up. Shoes will increase in price at least 10% this year, because of rising fuel costs.
Also, Southwest Airlines is going to pay for a renovation of Dallas Love Field by raising ticket prices.
After all this good news, we are going to stop running our AC, get rid of our car, and stop wearing shoes! We won't need the shoes anyway since apparently we won't be able to afford to leave the house!
Jordan's theory is that the news will be entirely different if a Democrat is elected in November. Suddenly, the economy will turn around, and there will be no more recession. I bet he's right!
We are so thankful that God is in control of our economy and our lives. None of this takes Him by surprise. I think that the higher prices have been good for us - we are cutting back, thinking things through, and relying on God to supply our needs.
And I don't think we'll be watching the news anymore...
The news opened with a story about how the police messed up big time yesterday.
Then, we heard about gas prices and how high they are. They showed a nifty chart comparing the cost of gas this year vs. last year.
This led right into a story about how students at Criswell College can hardly afford to go there anymore, because it's an all commuter school. They interviewed some people at the college who said they are trying to compact their schedules so that students can fit more into a trip.
After a commercial break which featured several large, gas-guzzling SUV's, we heard a story about how GMC is offering 0% financing for 6 years because they can hardly move the SUV's off their lot.
Next, we heard about how some electric companies in Texas are shuting down and "leaving their customers in the dark."
We also learned that since "prices at the pump" are increasing, we can also expect the "price of pumps" to go up. Shoes will increase in price at least 10% this year, because of rising fuel costs.
Also, Southwest Airlines is going to pay for a renovation of Dallas Love Field by raising ticket prices.
After all this good news, we are going to stop running our AC, get rid of our car, and stop wearing shoes! We won't need the shoes anyway since apparently we won't be able to afford to leave the house!
Jordan's theory is that the news will be entirely different if a Democrat is elected in November. Suddenly, the economy will turn around, and there will be no more recession. I bet he's right!
We are so thankful that God is in control of our economy and our lives. None of this takes Him by surprise. I think that the higher prices have been good for us - we are cutting back, thinking things through, and relying on God to supply our needs.
And I don't think we'll be watching the news anymore...
The Aquarium
Yesterday, we went to the Dallas World Aquarium with some friends from church. The Dallas World Aquarium is more than just fish - it is modeled after a Venezuelan rainforest, and they have toucans, monkeys, and many other animals! We had a great time! Most of my picture didn't turn out so great, but here is one of me and the kids...
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