Back to the grind...

We had a good weekend at our home. Randy taught our Sunday School class this morning and it was fantastic! He is my favorite bible teacher. We are studying Mark this quarter, but next quarter we will be back to II Samuel. The study of the character David is just fascinating. You know what we all know about David: he slayed Goliath and had an affair. But, there is so much more to his character than that.

Randy (our minister) had a really great lesson tonight, too. He spoke about the importance of acting from your brain rather than acting from your feelings. This lesson applies to practically every part of your life. I'm sorry that I can't get deeper than this - we still have 2 young children...

I hope to be going to Mom's house on Tuesday to start sewing on my curtains. My first sewing project! My embroidering skills are great, but sewing...? Well, we'll see...

Hope my lunch bunch girls have a great week. Missed you, Suellen! Wish we didn't have to wait until after January to meet again!

My favorite embroidery project to date. This was for Maddox's quilt.

Blog Par-tay!

Let me just say, even though our turnout wasn't what I anticipated, the lunch was fantastic! We had the very best group of ladies attend, and we laughed and talked like old friends. Conversation was easy, the food was delightful and our waiter was Ty Pennington!

Everyone agreed to do this again - after the holidays. A wonderful time was had by all.



Kate looks like she noticed that some ketchup got on her sleeve.

Mary Ashley, Kate and Emma

Our attendees and coordinating blogspots... (I tried to hyperlink them but evil blogger strikes again... it just won't let me...)

Melissa (Melissa L.)

Leigh (#7)

Judy (#6)

Shannon (no blog!)

Nancy (Nancy)

Haley (#8)

Rebecca (Rebecca)

Heidi (#9)

Myself!

A Halloween themed Bridal Shower

After our blog luncheon, Kate and I headed off to a bridal shower for a girl from work. She is having a Halloween themed wedding, hence the shower... Scott and I aren't going to be able to attend the wedding, but I'm really interested in seeing the pictures!



Kate and the "BIG PUMPKIN!"

Ghoulish table of treats

Bride to be

A picture of the gift table. Notice the skeletons dancing?

What did we do today?

1. Went to Lowes. Bought a light bulb for the oven and a new outside flood light.
2. Went to get Kate's hair trimmed. I need to get better shears.
3. Went to PetSmart. Saw Linny (the guinea) and some birds and fish and cats.
4. Went to Books A Million. Played with Thomas the Train set and Mama tried to find a book to read. Unsuccessful.
5. Went to Target. Bought a shower gift and some MELLOWCREAM PUMPKINS and M&M's, of course, too.
6. Went home.
7. This afternoon: Replaced bulb and replaced outside flood light. Works beautifully.
8. Tonight: Went to Chickalay for supper with Daddy.
9. Went to Bath and Body. Sale on soaps (is that news to ANYONE?)
10. Went to Walmart. Bought a gourd.

It was a very, very busy day.

Halloween reminise...

2006 - Brooks was a football for his first Halloween. Mom made this cute outfit. He just snuggled so sweet in it! It was a great costume for a newborn...

2006 - Kate was a puppy dog. I wanted to get more creative with her outfit, but my hands were full that year (Brooks was only 7 weeks old). FYI - I did her makeup with a craft paint and a Q-tip. Much easier than using a paint brush.

2007 - Brooks was a lobster - this outfit was given to us by a friend from church. He was just adorable!

2007 - Kate was a ladybug. I got her wings at deep clearance at the Children's Shop in Pigeon Forge. I had to find tights at the last minute because it got cold that night! (You just never know here in AL)

Friday funny

It's 7am in our house. Scott tiptoed down the hall to use the guest bathroom...

(Now, I must interrupt this story with some background. When Kate gets up to use the bathroom while napping or at night, she has this nasty habit of slamming the doors. Not on purpose, but just not shutting them quietly.)

Back to the story. Scott Q-U-I-E-T-L-Y closed the bathroom door. Brooks heard him and shouted, "STOP IT, TATE!"

After hearing no response (and no other slam of the door), Brooks quietly said, "Mama?"

Client funnies

There's been a drought in my funny business from clients. Maybe the word is out that I am keeping a log of their "questions"?

Here are a few from the last week:

• A very concerned client called tonight. She spent several thousand dollars having surgery to repair her dog's detached retinas last year. One of her dogs was in heat, and she was scared of this dog getting "too excited", so could she just keep Vick's Salve on his chin to distract him?
• Another owner, very NEUROTIC about her cats, told me that every time she picked her cat up, it meowed. Does that mean it has cancer?

I have also come across some funny things written in charts. I just laugh out loud when I come across them:

• A dog described as having "pork chop physique"
• A dog described as having a "tragic expression" (a true description of a hypothyroid dog)
• An old cat: "3 feet in the grave"
• "Betty resurrected" (kitten found with frostbite from cold)