It's over already?

After much anticipation for this weekend, it has already come and gone. I can't believe how quickly the days disappeared. It feels just like yesterday that I was waiting rather impatiently for my family to come, and now they've already packed up their bags and started their journey home.

Most of our time was comprised of eating to much food, watching a few movies, staying up late, loving on dogs, and black Friday shopping, And, much to my surprise, we did manage to fit in fixing the crack in our fireplace, and having a a mini birthday party into our schedule. Now, I know my birthday is a week away, but since I never get to spent it with any of you, it was nice to have a little party. I even got to open a gift! Yep-it pretty much made my day.

Mom, since I know you'll be reading this, I just want you to know what a great time I had with your all here. I wish we lived closer, but I appreciate all the long trips you are willing to take to see us, even if it is only for a few days. I'm glad you all could come.

P.S Pass that along to Dad.

Quiz

Unlike my sister and her results, I loved this game when I was younger. I think the result is a little off though because I loathe large groups (unless it's family or close friends).

You Are Chinese Checkers

You live a hyper, fast paced life. You rarely ever slow down. You are good at juggling many things at once. You are the ultimate multi-tasker. You enjoy being in a group - in fact the bigger the group, the better. You are an enthusiastic competitor, and you can be a little ruthless when you play games.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatboardgameareyouquiz/">What Board Game Are You?

Second try

Let's try this again. I sat down around 11ish today and was working on this post, but then the phone rang and that started a whole chain of events that have kept me away from the blog. So now I'll try to figure out what I was going to say in the first place, and try not to just ramble along (too late!).

I really wanted to update everyone about Dan's new job. His paperwork was approved to cross train and they are letting him become an auto mechanic. If anyone knows Dan at all then they know this will be the perfect job for him. He'll finally get all the knowledge and training he needs for his one true love (besides me, of course!). Plus, this job should allow him to be on a regular schedule. Oh how I've dreamed of this moment. A normal day shift schedule, where he gets to sleep at home during the night, work during the day, and come home for dinner. It.will.be.amazing.

Now we start getting ready for the changes that are coming next year. Dan will go to California for almost 4 months starting in March. I'm not going with him because it'll just be too much of a hassle. I'm in charge of getting the house ready to sell and put on the market. We don't know where we will be going once he changes jobs, and they could just keep us here, but either way we are moving houses. I am very excited. I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into a new house. The rooms in this house are such that I can't do any rearranging, and I've already painted almost every room twice (no joke), so now it's time for a change. Plus, I just MUST have a trampoline, and I can't in this back yard.

Since we know we are putting the house up for sale in the next few months, I finally put up the baseboard and crown moulding in the family room, and in the kitchen. It only took us three years, and the threat of moving away to get it done. I promise to never wait that long again.

We have two of the cars for sale right now, so please pray that they sell. I'd really like to slim down our fleet in case we do move across the country.

Well dinner needs to be made, and dogs need to be let outside.

Video

I found this video, and although this isn't our pitbull, it is a good representation. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3805344/10422412

Can you even guess...

I'm sure you are probably wondering why hubs is making these weird motions. Well he's not worshiping me like the following picture suggests, but instead he's just doing yoga. I know, I know, you don't see many men doing yoga, but Dan, by no means, fits a normal mold. He's an odd kid (see I can call him a kid because I'm older than him. Ha!). However, my abs did get a good workout while he was doing this routine, because I couldn't stop laughing. Enjoy!

Well..... this isn't what I wanted (not by a loooong shot!). To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. But- as frustrated and disappointed as I am, I know God can use anything for His glory. Unlike me, He wasn't surprised by the outcome. Although I prayed and prayed for a different winner, it wasn't in His will.

So now I'm going to get over my "it's not fair" stage and just start praying that Obama and his family will be saved. I know God can use unsaved men, but it would be much sweeter if our future leader could have a "Saul" moment, see the light and realize he's heading in the wrong direction. We just have no idea what God has planned.......and I'm okay with that.

Halloween 2008

A friend of ours was having a costume party for Halloween, and since we are too old to trick-or-treat, and our neighborhood doesn't pass out candy, we thought it might be fun to dress-up. We knew a week before the party that we were going, so that gave us time to get some costumes (unlike last year, when we were running around Target the actual night of to find Dan a costume that actually had all the pieces). Anyhow, we couldn't spend a lot of money A. because we don't have it B. you're only going to wear the silly thing once. I decided to be a peacock, and I wanted to make the costume if at all possible. This was mostly because I could control the cost of the garmet and also because all the womens costumes seem to be way too sexy. I found some good ideas online so I knew what to shoot for. I decided I'd like to try and make a corset. Big mistake. The main problem was the material I chose to use. It was costume satin and it unravels like crazy! It was horrible to work with, and then the boning kept wanting to poke thru. After a lot of hot glue, pins and extra fabric, I finally got something that I thought would be safe to wear all night. Much to my relief it did make it thru the night, and we had a great time. Oh, and in case you can't tell from the pictures, Dan is a Chippendale dancer (we got the idea from the Chris Farley bit on SNL). It was too funny....

Me and Dan

My Peacock outfitThe side viewMy tail (I put Velcro on it so it could be removed)Dan in his Chippendale costume

The host was "Dog the bounty hunter"

Anyhow, we had a great time, and I hope everyone else had a fun and safe Halloween!