Jesus CEO - intro

Hey everyone, I just snagged a book from the church library that I really don't know much about but when I thumbed through it, it looked really interesting.  It's called Jesus CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership by Laurie Beth Jones.  I will admit the title didn't really catch my eye but the short chapters with questions at the end did.   I don't know if this book will be a long journey or a short one but I thought I'd bring you along with me.  Most of my followers are christian moms like myself so hopefully we can share some thoughts together.

clothing designer?

Ever had a problem that wasn't going away.. so you think of creative ways to solve that problem.  Then you realize (as I often do) they don't make what you want.  Ergg...

Problem: my legs get cold when I go to work at night time

while the rest of me is bundled up nice and warm 

(And I'm not a big fan of those really, really long coats)

(and I wanted something really easy to get on and off, especially over boots)

Solution: sweat/blanket skirt 

Am I crazy? yep

Do I like it? yep

Is it warm? yep (double layer of fabric : )

Do I really care what kind of fashion statement I make at 10pm when I drive to work? not really

Do I like being warm and toasty? yep

I think I have missed my calling as a fashion designer.  : )

Kind of wished it matched my coat (but it was out of my tub of extra fabric down in the basement = free).  If I decide I really like and will use it, maybe I'll go buy some material to match my coat and actually sew the edges together so it looks a little nicer.

Can't wait to try it out when I work tonight! 

big news!

Oh, did I forget to tell you our big news? 

Well in case you haven't heard... I'm pregnant!  15weeks

Officially due April 25th (expecting 2 weeks after that : )

this is the current size of the baby

We are not going to find out what we are having.. so we'll have a surprise!

Wendell and Harlie both know and seem pretty excited. 

Wendell asks me about once a week "is the baby still in there?".

Harlie loves to pet and kiss my tummy.

We are not planning to move anytime soon, and will squeeze our family into this lovely cottage that we call home.

We are excited to feel like our family is complete..

and in a few years will move into the next stage of life!

just for fun, any idea why i love this picture?

Happy Halloween!

Halloween outfits from G&G

Wendell's preschool party

this boy loves dresses, I thought about dressing him in this for Halloween but he chose his train costume (same as last year)

awww... aren't they cute? : )

time to carve pumpkins, I love this part!

all done, as of about 4:30pm today.. just in the nick of time

Grandpa (my dad) came to visit 

Let's go!

Grandpa made a good assistant since dad was at work.

Hope everyone had a good Halloween, it sure was fun for us!

update: as of Friday afternoon

one roll would have been enough : )

two random thoughts

I just want to share a  few random thoughts...

I try to make our grocery budget based on a one or two week allowance (depending on the week/schedules).  This past week I only needed enough groceries to last one week. So being frugal I noticed that we were in the middle of a roll of toilet paper (well maybe more toward the end but it wasn't empty, yet)  and we had one more to go.  In my defense, our rolls are a little on the higher count side as I don't like changing t.p. very often.  Anyways, Phil commented something about me being pretty risky by assuming we would get by on one extra roll of toilet paper (there was another comment as well but I'm not sure he'd want me to share : ) .  So I did buy some extra at Walmart the other day but I just had to share... as it was a comical moment in our house hold. 

For fun: 1. do you think we will make it on one full roll of t.p. for one week? 2. Would your family make it?  3. Did you ever have older family members set a limit on how much t.p. you were supposed to use?  4. If yes, then how much? 

I had a family friend (we called Aunt B) who said my limit was 2 squares.. now who can get buy on two squares?  maybe Harlie on a #1, maybe.

And a tip for you:  when you break something consider replacement parts before buying the whole thing.  Maybe I'm just lucky but the last two times I looked into replacement parts then I was sent the new part for free.   Usually the replacement part is much less expensive then the whole thing and it saves on how much we send to the landfill.

Let me know if you have any tips for saving!