Fail

Today has been less than awesome.

My husband has been sick all day with the flu. High grade fever, just all together yucky. And then he found out that his friend he was with all weekend has the swine flu. So that's neat.

I've been feeling a bit blah and my allergies are all flaring up. I have been avoiding my husband because I don't want to get his sickness.

And I've really really needed a hug today from him.

Ya know why?

Cause tonight I had planned to let the cat out of the bag. Tonight I was going to announce to y'all that we found a TOTALLY COOL, TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL house and all that jazz. I was just waiting for it to pass inspection.

Um.... it didn't pass inspection.

Not even close.

I spent the better part of the day sneezing while following an inspector around trying to understand this mumbo jumbo. Grant is all sick in bed and I was left with the task of talking to the inspector. After about an hour I realized it was a bunch of "this is not good" and "this will cost 1 million dollars to fix" and "the house is going to fall down on your head in the middle of the night" and "I hope you don't mind showering in freezing cold water". And it was not the news I wanted to hear.

So now we are back to square one. Back to the drawing board. Thankfully, we were protected from buying a home that would have been a bad investment. The Lord protected us from something that would not have been good for us. I am just sad though. And tired.

I just cleaned the kitchen. So some progress has been made today. Everything else has been a giant step backwards.

Pity party is now over. Thank you for attending.

Love y'all....

Meet Me in 45 Minutes!

I had SUCH a treat last night! My friend Katherine called me at 7:15 asking if I wanted to see the 8:00 showing of "Meet Me in St. Louis" with her down at the Hobby Center. Um... yes I do!!

Anyone that knows anything about me knows I love a good musical. Shockingly, I have never seen a performance of Meet Me in St. Louis. I knew the majority of the music but it was wonderful to see it in living color. The costumes, dancing, and performers were amazing. There was a 7 year old little girl that was incredible. TALENT coming out of her EARS!

Katherine, thank you so much for this last minute treat. I had a BALL!

Activities

There's a really funny comedian named Brian Regan. (LOOK INTO HIM, HE IS HILARIOUS, and CLEAN!) In one of his "bits", he talks about being a child and playing outside with his brothers. He says his mother used to come up to them and say "Come up with a good activity!". He then describes a scene where his 5 year old self is sitting in a puddle of mud saying, "Is this a good activity?".

We've had a few new activities lately. Since it is getting cooler, I have been taking Moxie on longer walks. I give him more exercise in the fall-winter months. It is so much more tolerable. Also, in an effort to save money, I have been cooking alot more lately. And, making enough food for us to take to work with us the next day. It really does save so much. Our other new activity is "How I Met Your Mother". We've been renting Season 1 over the last few weeks and finished it this weekend. I can't wait to start Season 2.

Now, I know many of you may think that watching episode after episode of a television show is not an activity. But it is. I've resolved myself to the fact that my activities will never include things such as "knitting" or "scrapbooking" or "exercise".

Anyways, we have been pretty busy lately. Grant has been traveling some for work. We've had alot of wedding festivities. Our dear friends the Larkins had a baby girl named Lily on Sunday. We went to see her last night, she is 6 lbs of perfect!! We brought Jim, Liz, and her mom some Panera for dinner and visited while I hogged the baby for an hour. What a sweet thing! I have been really busy with my 3rd-5th grade choir. They are performing in "big church" a week from Sunday and I am so excited. We have alot of work to do!

I am somewhat ashamed to admit this, but am I the only one who is TOTALLY ready for the Christmas season to get here?! I don't know why, but I NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE! I just want to hear the songs and wear a JACKET for goodness sakes and I want to decorate and drink warm drinks.

What have you been up to lately?

Weekday Update

Life is good right now. Last night I was at choir practice and I realized that I am truly happy in this season of my life. Yes, there are alot of unknowns. Yes, I am sleepy alot. Yes, we are still in the waiting game when it comes to buying a house. But I am happy. I love my family. I love my friends. I LOVE my husband. I love my job. I love my church. God is good.

Grant flew to Dallas this morning. He'll fly back late tonight. He just had several meetings to go to today. I'm so proud of him and how much he is accomplishing at his job. He works really hard and I can tell that the Lord is using him in many ways. We are blessed!

This weekend is a very important wedding in my life. When I was a little girl, I had a childhood playmate named Jonathan. (Dare I say, I think I was actually friends with him before I was friends with Lindsee!). As we got older, we stopped having sleep overs (cause that was inappropriate!) and continued to be friends. There was a season in 8th or 9th grade where we got on each others nerves so much we became more like brother and sister and less like friends. But as we matured we became very very close friends. Through highschool and college, he was one of those people that was always there and knew the real me. He's never been afraid to put me in my place or call me on stuff I need to be called out on. My dear friend has been through ALOT in his life. I was with him senior year when we got the news that his dad had suddenly died. Walking with him through that season was so hard. So much junk has happened and if there is anyone I know that has a "right" to be mad at God, it would be him. But he isn't. He has made lemonade out of lemons.

After Grant and I got married (Jonathan was an usher in my wedding and walked my mom down the aisle), I knew that me and Jonathan's "relationship" had to look a little different. Mainly because we moved to Louisiana, but also because clearly my husband is the only man in my life. Grant has always respected our friendship though and has no issue with our monthly chats. When Jonathan and Tara started getting serious, he called to tell me all about it. And when other happenings have happened in our lives, we try to keep each other up to date. He's my brother.

This Saturday, he is getting married. To a wonderful, beautiful, funny, godly girl that isn't afraid to put him in his place. I have to admit, this whole thing has been very emotional for me. I'm just so proud of him and so happy for him. He has a great girl, he just bought a house, he has a great job..... I just am thrilled. I'm pretty sure I'm going to sob like a baby though during the wedding. Thank you, water proof mascara!!

By the way, this new weather is to die for!! Loving it. I LOVE rainy days, I think I would prefer it to sunny days. Oh gosh, what do you think that says about me? I'm truly a happy, optimistic, cheery person but I do love the rain. I think it makes everyone slow down and calm down and it's just so peaceful.

It is chilly in my office though. I've been trying to convince my boss to let us wear a Snuggy at our desks. I'm thinking the leopard print doesn't look very professional, however, if we got the solid blue ones and monogrammed our company name on it.. perhaps that would work? He hasn't agreed yet. I'll keep trying.