Becky is feeling: Glorious!
Tonight at church, they played a song that really touched me, and I wanted to share it with you all, although I'm sure many of you have heard the song before... but even though sometimes we hear songs, they don't really TOUCH us until we take the time to STOP, be STILL, and truly LISTEN. I had one of those moments tonight.
The song is called Everything Glorious by David Crowder Band
I couldn't find the song anywhere on the internet to put it into this blog. VideoZone doesn't have it and neither does project playlist... so I added it as my new profile song on my myspace profile... check it out!!!
the lyrics that really got me tonight go like this:
"You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
You make everything glorious
And I am Yours
What does that make me?"
What does that make me?
I was no math major, but I know that 1+1=2, so let's so some simple math....
1 (God makes everything glorious) + 1 (God made me) = 2 (I am glorious)
that's powerful!!!!
put a big fat sloppy grin on my face.
Psalm 13:5 says "But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation." verse 6: "I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me."
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Foiled Again
When I first moved back to Columbia one of the first things I did was sign up at Gold's Gym... DETERMINED to lose the baby weight from Audrey (who was now 8 months old). I went regularly... even meeting with a personal trainer for a month. Things were going good. And, then... I stopped meeting with the personal trainer. And, I didn't feel guilty if I didn't make it to the gym all of the sudden, because I knew I wasn't letting anyone down but myself...
... and let myself down I did.
I stopped going to the gym religiously... and oh my... yeah, that's all I'll say... Oh my.
So, one day about two or three months ago, I lace up the old running shoes and decide that I'm going to get back to going to the gym. I had it all planned out that I'd go right before they closed so that it was the kids bedtime when I left there and I could come home and put the kids straight into bed. The kid's club at Gold's closed at 8:30... I KNEW this. So, I planned everything out just perfectly to give myself a good 30 minute workout... and showed up at 5 to 8....
... only to be told that the kid's club was closing in 5 minutes.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
nope, they had changed their hours and I'd known nothing about it. So, feeling sorry for myself (and for Levi who I'd been promising ALL DAY that we'd go to the gym... which he LOVES)... I headed back home. And that incident was enough to make me hang the boxing gloves back up.
The kids started pre-school, Summer was in full swing and I was busy every weekend with John... and I never made it back into the gym...
UNTIL tonight.
Tonight, I, AGAIN, planned things perfectly. This time I go in, KNOWING that they close the kid's club at 8. So, I'm going to show up at 7:30 and have a good half hour workout, end with some crunches on an ab machine... and get my butt in gear. I tell Levi that we're going to the gym, getting him all sorts of excited. I get both kids all bundled up in jackets (what's up with the chilly weather overnight, anyway?), I get myself all decked out in workout clothes and dust off the tennis shoes... and we head out to the gym.
Anyone want to guess what happens next?
that's right...
the kid's club was closed.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!
and there was no one behind the desk to give me a clue to what was going on. A guy even went in search of someone who worked there and we NEVER found the girl that was supposed to be behind the desk. So, after a little bit of digging around in the papers they have sitting on the counter, I found the hours of operation for the gym AND for kid's club.
Turns out, on Friday nights, kid's club closes at 7. The stupid thing is... I had been ready for a while and had been sitting at home wasting time until 7:30 when I knew I could go and get a half hour workout in before the kids bedtime.
FOILED AGAIN.
SO... to keep this little incident from happening YET AGAIN... and to inform anyone else who might be reading this and wants to know...
the hours of kid's club operation at Gold's Gym (now Key Largo Fitness) is such:
M-Sat. 9:oo am - 12:00 pm
M-Th. 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri. 4:30 - 7:00
Sun. Closed
I will NOT be moved. I am DETERMINED to get back to the gym and get this old body back into shape!!!
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. A lot of soul searching and personl assessment. There will be a lot of changes happening with Becky. Out with the old and in with the new!!! I'm excited!!!
Welcome to my ride.
SHINE ON!!!
... and let myself down I did.
I stopped going to the gym religiously... and oh my... yeah, that's all I'll say... Oh my.
So, one day about two or three months ago, I lace up the old running shoes and decide that I'm going to get back to going to the gym. I had it all planned out that I'd go right before they closed so that it was the kids bedtime when I left there and I could come home and put the kids straight into bed. The kid's club at Gold's closed at 8:30... I KNEW this. So, I planned everything out just perfectly to give myself a good 30 minute workout... and showed up at 5 to 8....
... only to be told that the kid's club was closing in 5 minutes.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
nope, they had changed their hours and I'd known nothing about it. So, feeling sorry for myself (and for Levi who I'd been promising ALL DAY that we'd go to the gym... which he LOVES)... I headed back home. And that incident was enough to make me hang the boxing gloves back up.
The kids started pre-school, Summer was in full swing and I was busy every weekend with John... and I never made it back into the gym...
UNTIL tonight.
Tonight, I, AGAIN, planned things perfectly. This time I go in, KNOWING that they close the kid's club at 8. So, I'm going to show up at 7:30 and have a good half hour workout, end with some crunches on an ab machine... and get my butt in gear. I tell Levi that we're going to the gym, getting him all sorts of excited. I get both kids all bundled up in jackets (what's up with the chilly weather overnight, anyway?), I get myself all decked out in workout clothes and dust off the tennis shoes... and we head out to the gym.
Anyone want to guess what happens next?
that's right...
the kid's club was closed.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!
and there was no one behind the desk to give me a clue to what was going on. A guy even went in search of someone who worked there and we NEVER found the girl that was supposed to be behind the desk. So, after a little bit of digging around in the papers they have sitting on the counter, I found the hours of operation for the gym AND for kid's club.
Turns out, on Friday nights, kid's club closes at 7. The stupid thing is... I had been ready for a while and had been sitting at home wasting time until 7:30 when I knew I could go and get a half hour workout in before the kids bedtime.
FOILED AGAIN.
SO... to keep this little incident from happening YET AGAIN... and to inform anyone else who might be reading this and wants to know...
the hours of kid's club operation at Gold's Gym (now Key Largo Fitness) is such:
M-Sat. 9:oo am - 12:00 pm
M-Th. 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri. 4:30 - 7:00
Sun. Closed
I will NOT be moved. I am DETERMINED to get back to the gym and get this old body back into shape!!!
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. A lot of soul searching and personl assessment. There will be a lot of changes happening with Becky. Out with the old and in with the new!!! I'm excited!!!
Welcome to my ride.
SHINE ON!!!
The Birthday Continues
Good Grief.
I write about my birthday, totally intending to get to the second half of it the next night... and next thing I know an entire week has flown by and you all still haven't heard the rest of my birthday story. I know you've all been sitting on pins and needles for this... and it's completely worth the wait. =D
So... recap:
Wednesday the 3rd was my birthday.
The next day was our regularly scheduled bible study at Take T.W.O.
First, I took the kids to my friend Heather's house to play because I didn't want to run the chance of exposing them to hand, foot, and mouth disease, which had been spreading around the kids at Woodcrest it seemes. So, off to Heather's they went, and off to bible study I went... CHILDLESS. It was a weird (in a good way!) feeling to not have to go directly to Kid's Crest after bible study to pick up the kids. I could hang around and visit, take my sweet time, you know... all that stuff you dream about doing (like, peeing with the door shut for once!)
After bible study, our group of girls went to lunch at Hu Hot Mongolian grill. It was my first time ever going there, but I had heard rave reviews and wanted to try it out for my birthday lunch. Tina (and Q), Jessica, Mindi, Kim, Margie, and Misti all helped me celebrate my birthday at Hu Hot. I fell in LOVE with Hu Hot. YUMMY! Can we please make this a monthly tradition, girls?
For my birthday dessert, they brought out this neat thing I've never seen before where basically you can make s'mores right at your table. There's fire in the middle, and graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate on the sides. You use a chopstick to roast your marshmallow and make yourself a s'mores. It was HEAVENLY!!
Mindi making a S'more:
YUMMY! S'mores!!:
After lunch, I opened my birthday gift from the group. It was a card that said "enjoy your day of freedom." They told me that this meant that they had all gone in together to hire me a babysitter for the ENTIRE day on Saturday.
*falls over dead*
I had been SERIOUSLY craving some alone BECKY time, but couldn't afford to pay a sitter, so this was an AWESOME present!!! I still don't think they all know just how great it was. Also, Mindi got me a massage.
SO...
John came up Friday night. Saturday morning, he stayed with the kids while I went and got my hour long massage (heavenly!!). When I got back, I bathed and got into nicer clothes... fed the kids lunch... and then the sitter arrived. John and I went to a late lunch together and then spent the rest of the time at the mall. Can I just tell you all how wonderful it is to get to spend time in Barnes and Noble WITHOUT kids?!?!? Oh my. We also swang by Sam's Club and picked up some Mizzou stadium seats because we had tickets for the Mizzou vs. Nebraska game later that night (THANKS MINDI!!!)
The game started at 8:15 p.m. It was an evening game because it was being aired on ESPN. This was quite possibly THE best game I've even been in attendance at in my entire history of attending Mizzou games. For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about... we SPANKED Nebraska. 41-6. The only points they got came off of two field goals. They didn't score one touchdown the ENTIRE game... and they didn't score AT ALL in the second half.
We didn't get home from the game until almost 1:00 in the morning.
It was SUCH an awesome birthday weekend.
Thanks again, everyone!!!!
I write about my birthday, totally intending to get to the second half of it the next night... and next thing I know an entire week has flown by and you all still haven't heard the rest of my birthday story. I know you've all been sitting on pins and needles for this... and it's completely worth the wait. =D
So... recap:
Wednesday the 3rd was my birthday.
The next day was our regularly scheduled bible study at Take T.W.O.
First, I took the kids to my friend Heather's house to play because I didn't want to run the chance of exposing them to hand, foot, and mouth disease, which had been spreading around the kids at Woodcrest it seemes. So, off to Heather's they went, and off to bible study I went... CHILDLESS. It was a weird (in a good way!) feeling to not have to go directly to Kid's Crest after bible study to pick up the kids. I could hang around and visit, take my sweet time, you know... all that stuff you dream about doing (like, peeing with the door shut for once!)
After bible study, our group of girls went to lunch at Hu Hot Mongolian grill. It was my first time ever going there, but I had heard rave reviews and wanted to try it out for my birthday lunch. Tina (and Q), Jessica, Mindi, Kim, Margie, and Misti all helped me celebrate my birthday at Hu Hot. I fell in LOVE with Hu Hot. YUMMY! Can we please make this a monthly tradition, girls?
For my birthday dessert, they brought out this neat thing I've never seen before where basically you can make s'mores right at your table. There's fire in the middle, and graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate on the sides. You use a chopstick to roast your marshmallow and make yourself a s'mores. It was HEAVENLY!!
Mindi making a S'more:
YUMMY! S'mores!!:
After lunch, I opened my birthday gift from the group. It was a card that said "enjoy your day of freedom." They told me that this meant that they had all gone in together to hire me a babysitter for the ENTIRE day on Saturday.
*falls over dead*
I had been SERIOUSLY craving some alone BECKY time, but couldn't afford to pay a sitter, so this was an AWESOME present!!! I still don't think they all know just how great it was. Also, Mindi got me a massage.
SO...
John came up Friday night. Saturday morning, he stayed with the kids while I went and got my hour long massage (heavenly!!). When I got back, I bathed and got into nicer clothes... fed the kids lunch... and then the sitter arrived. John and I went to a late lunch together and then spent the rest of the time at the mall. Can I just tell you all how wonderful it is to get to spend time in Barnes and Noble WITHOUT kids?!?!? Oh my. We also swang by Sam's Club and picked up some Mizzou stadium seats because we had tickets for the Mizzou vs. Nebraska game later that night (THANKS MINDI!!!)
The game started at 8:15 p.m. It was an evening game because it was being aired on ESPN. This was quite possibly THE best game I've even been in attendance at in my entire history of attending Mizzou games. For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about... we SPANKED Nebraska. 41-6. The only points they got came off of two field goals. They didn't score one touchdown the ENTIRE game... and they didn't score AT ALL in the second half.
We didn't get home from the game until almost 1:00 in the morning.
It was SUCH an awesome birthday weekend.
Thanks again, everyone!!!!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Birthday Bloggin'
Wednesday, October 3rd was my birthday. I turned the ripe old age of 27. *GASP!!*
I have to say that I have the best friends and family (and everything in between) LOL (that's for John, who's technically not family... but more than just a friend.) =D
Wednesday morning I got up and went to teach at pre-school as usual. When I got there, my phone rang. I looked to see who it was, and it was Mindi. Mindi knows I teach pre-school so I thought it was odd that she was calling me when she knew that I was at pre-school and I figured it must be important. So I answered it and she goes "I was just wondering what the birthday girl wants from the coffee shop." YAY!! I told her I'd love a mocha. So when she got to pre-school to drop AKP off, I got a big Mocha to start off my birthday. Some parents were there dropping off kids and they heard Mindi tell me happy birthday, so the secret was out of the bag. I started getting a bunch of happy birthday wishes.
When the school day started, I could not have asked for a better class. I teach 10 one year olds for 4 hours. Sometimes it can be very very stressful. But on my birthday every single one of them was an angel. They picked up when I asked them to pick up... they sat in their chairs when I asked them to sit... they all paid attention to the lessons and interacted... it was just wonderful. I've never had cooperation like that before, and it was doubly rewarding because my assistant wasn't there that day. She went with her son's class to the pumpkin patch so I had a substitute and was worried about how the kids would behave with someone new in the classroom, but they were all awesome. MUCH appreciated!! That set the tone for a wonderful day.
School gets out at 1:00, and after school that day we had a staff meeting. I got my paycheck which was a nice birthday gift!! The meeting lasted until about 2:00 and right as I was getting out of the meeting, John was pulling into town. On his way to my house he stopped at one of my favorite baked sub places called W.G. Grinders and picked us up lunch. When he got to the house, I was on the phone with my dad; my parents had called to wish me a happy birthday from England. John didn't just walk on in like he usually does... he rang the doorbell. Levi went and answered the door and I followed, and there were John and Madison and Madison was holding a birthday cake for me.
When I was growing up, living at home, it was a birthday tradition that we could request whatever we wanted for our birthday dinner, complete with dessert. I ALWAYS requested "Texas Chocolate Cake." I had casually mentioned this tradition to John on the phone once and told him I was bummed that I wouldn't be getting my cake this year. He said that if I emailed him the recipe that he would make it. This is not a man who cooks, so I went ahead and emailed him the recipe but wasn't really expecting a homemade cake from him. Turns out... after he had dropped Madison off at pre-school, he went to Wal-Mart and got all the stuff to make this cake of mine FROM SCRATCH and took the morning off of work to bake this cake for me. When he was done, it was time to pick Madison up from school... and then they drove straight here. What a great guy, huh?!? I'm STILL impressed. The cake turned out really good. I told him though, that even if it had tasted horribly I still would have eaten a whole piece with a smile on my face. This was truly one of those "it was the thought that counts" moments.
John and Madison spent the entire day here with me and drove back late that night. We ate dinner at Chipotle (one of my faves!) and just generally had an awesome time together.
My gift from John was an HP deskjet copy/scan/print photo printer. I didn't have a working printer so now I have one to use for pre-school things... and... more importantly... FOR SCRAPBOOKING!!!!! I'm thrilled.
My birthday continued into Thursday, Friday, and Saturday... but this blog is getting long so I'll save that for later tonight when I have more blogging time. Got to get kiddos in bed.
I have to say that I have the best friends and family (and everything in between) LOL (that's for John, who's technically not family... but more than just a friend.) =D
Wednesday morning I got up and went to teach at pre-school as usual. When I got there, my phone rang. I looked to see who it was, and it was Mindi. Mindi knows I teach pre-school so I thought it was odd that she was calling me when she knew that I was at pre-school and I figured it must be important. So I answered it and she goes "I was just wondering what the birthday girl wants from the coffee shop." YAY!! I told her I'd love a mocha. So when she got to pre-school to drop AKP off, I got a big Mocha to start off my birthday. Some parents were there dropping off kids and they heard Mindi tell me happy birthday, so the secret was out of the bag. I started getting a bunch of happy birthday wishes.
When the school day started, I could not have asked for a better class. I teach 10 one year olds for 4 hours. Sometimes it can be very very stressful. But on my birthday every single one of them was an angel. They picked up when I asked them to pick up... they sat in their chairs when I asked them to sit... they all paid attention to the lessons and interacted... it was just wonderful. I've never had cooperation like that before, and it was doubly rewarding because my assistant wasn't there that day. She went with her son's class to the pumpkin patch so I had a substitute and was worried about how the kids would behave with someone new in the classroom, but they were all awesome. MUCH appreciated!! That set the tone for a wonderful day.
School gets out at 1:00, and after school that day we had a staff meeting. I got my paycheck which was a nice birthday gift!! The meeting lasted until about 2:00 and right as I was getting out of the meeting, John was pulling into town. On his way to my house he stopped at one of my favorite baked sub places called W.G. Grinders and picked us up lunch. When he got to the house, I was on the phone with my dad; my parents had called to wish me a happy birthday from England. John didn't just walk on in like he usually does... he rang the doorbell. Levi went and answered the door and I followed, and there were John and Madison and Madison was holding a birthday cake for me.
When I was growing up, living at home, it was a birthday tradition that we could request whatever we wanted for our birthday dinner, complete with dessert. I ALWAYS requested "Texas Chocolate Cake." I had casually mentioned this tradition to John on the phone once and told him I was bummed that I wouldn't be getting my cake this year. He said that if I emailed him the recipe that he would make it. This is not a man who cooks, so I went ahead and emailed him the recipe but wasn't really expecting a homemade cake from him. Turns out... after he had dropped Madison off at pre-school, he went to Wal-Mart and got all the stuff to make this cake of mine FROM SCRATCH and took the morning off of work to bake this cake for me. When he was done, it was time to pick Madison up from school... and then they drove straight here. What a great guy, huh?!? I'm STILL impressed. The cake turned out really good. I told him though, that even if it had tasted horribly I still would have eaten a whole piece with a smile on my face. This was truly one of those "it was the thought that counts" moments.
John and Madison spent the entire day here with me and drove back late that night. We ate dinner at Chipotle (one of my faves!) and just generally had an awesome time together.
My gift from John was an HP deskjet copy/scan/print photo printer. I didn't have a working printer so now I have one to use for pre-school things... and... more importantly... FOR SCRAPBOOKING!!!!! I'm thrilled.
My birthday continued into Thursday, Friday, and Saturday... but this blog is getting long so I'll save that for later tonight when I have more blogging time. Got to get kiddos in bed.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Things I Got For My Birthday:
1. A Homemade Cake from John. MY FAVORITE!!!
2. an HP Deskjet All In One Copy/Print/Scan photo printer
3. a new diaper bag
4. Magnetic picture frames
5. LUSH bath stuff
6. Lavendar sachets for my unmentionables drawer from Paris
7. Harrod's mug
8. Harrod's tea towel
9. Bathina by Benefit
10. Massage
11. a WHOLE day without kids
12. Lunch yesterday (W.G. Grinders)
13. Lunch today (Hu Hot Mongolian Grill)
I had an absolutely FABULOUS birthday. Pictures and blog to come later.
thanks guys for everything!!! I am SO blessed to have the best family and friends a girl could ask for!!!! (I mean that!)
1. A Homemade Cake from John. MY FAVORITE!!!
2. an HP Deskjet All In One Copy/Print/Scan photo printer
3. a new diaper bag
4. Magnetic picture frames
5. LUSH bath stuff
6. Lavendar sachets for my unmentionables drawer from Paris
7. Harrod's mug
8. Harrod's tea towel
9. Bathina by Benefit
10. Massage
11. a WHOLE day without kids
12. Lunch yesterday (W.G. Grinders)
13. Lunch today (Hu Hot Mongolian Grill)
I had an absolutely FABULOUS birthday. Pictures and blog to come later.
thanks guys for everything!!! I am SO blessed to have the best family and friends a girl could ask for!!!! (I mean that!)
Monday, October 1, 2007
How To Be A Perfect Parent
This semester at bible study, I've been participating in a parenting class. It's called "Proactive Parenting" and the basis is that PROACTIVE parenting is parenting to meet needs versus REACTIVE parenting which is reacting or only addressing behavior.
The two women who teach the class are basing their teachings from various books that they have read and liked, but two in particular that they've mentioned and had with them in class are "Love and Logic Magic Parenting" and "Boundaries with Kids." I tried to check these out at the library today, but all copies are currently out. So, instead... I got a new(er) book by James Dobson that an old(er) christian friend suggested titled "The New Strong Willed Child." I'll let you all know how I like the book as I get further into it... but I DEFINITELY have a strong willed child on my hands. "They" say that a person's character is formed by the time they are three years old. In class this past week we learned that there are seven main traits that one should look for in a person of reputable character. Maybe I'll get around to posting those some other time... but today's post has to do with my trip to the library today.
As I was trying to find this particular book in the parenting section... oh my goodness... there are a MILLION books on parenting!! A person would be utterly confused if they were to read every single book on those shelves and try to take them all to heart. There is everything from (literally!!) The Idiots Guide to Being A Perfect Parent (no, I'm not kidding)... to... How To Raise My Child Up Without Tearing Them Down (this one, I had to admit, sounded interesting)... and everything in between. I walked away from there overwhelmed at all the parenting advice in the world. There will always be someone to tell me how to do my job better. And, while I think that can be a good thing.. I realized today that it can also make me feel inferior as a single mother, and that, really, I just need to take bits and pieces of advice from here and there and tweak it to fit my little family.
So, welcome to the ride I'm on this semester as I strive to be a better... more Godly woman and parent. Buckle in though... I can't guarantee a smooth ride but hopefully the landing won't be too bumpy.
anyone who knows me at all knows that I'm a complete bookworm... reading anything I can get my hands on. I read the back of cereal boxes, for pete's sake.
So, for tonight's blog, I'm going to share with you all the books that I checked out at the library today...
The Organized Parent: 365 simple solutions to managing your home, your time, and your family's life
One of my newest undertakings is to be a better organized person not only for me, but for my FAMILY.
so... I also got...
Smart Organizing: simple strategies for bringing order to your home
Facing Your Giants (by Max Lucado)
The New Strong Willed Child (by Dr. James Dobson)
Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook: Over 200 recipes for easy entertaining
White House Nannies: True tales from the OTHER department of homeland security
How To Start A Business In Missouri
and last but not least...
Water For Elephants (by Sara Gruen) (the book the library is doing this year for their community -wide reading program called "One Read")
The two women who teach the class are basing their teachings from various books that they have read and liked, but two in particular that they've mentioned and had with them in class are "Love and Logic Magic Parenting" and "Boundaries with Kids." I tried to check these out at the library today, but all copies are currently out. So, instead... I got a new(er) book by James Dobson that an old(er) christian friend suggested titled "The New Strong Willed Child." I'll let you all know how I like the book as I get further into it... but I DEFINITELY have a strong willed child on my hands. "They" say that a person's character is formed by the time they are three years old. In class this past week we learned that there are seven main traits that one should look for in a person of reputable character. Maybe I'll get around to posting those some other time... but today's post has to do with my trip to the library today.
As I was trying to find this particular book in the parenting section... oh my goodness... there are a MILLION books on parenting!! A person would be utterly confused if they were to read every single book on those shelves and try to take them all to heart. There is everything from (literally!!) The Idiots Guide to Being A Perfect Parent (no, I'm not kidding)... to... How To Raise My Child Up Without Tearing Them Down (this one, I had to admit, sounded interesting)... and everything in between. I walked away from there overwhelmed at all the parenting advice in the world. There will always be someone to tell me how to do my job better. And, while I think that can be a good thing.. I realized today that it can also make me feel inferior as a single mother, and that, really, I just need to take bits and pieces of advice from here and there and tweak it to fit my little family.
So, welcome to the ride I'm on this semester as I strive to be a better... more Godly woman and parent. Buckle in though... I can't guarantee a smooth ride but hopefully the landing won't be too bumpy.
anyone who knows me at all knows that I'm a complete bookworm... reading anything I can get my hands on. I read the back of cereal boxes, for pete's sake.
So, for tonight's blog, I'm going to share with you all the books that I checked out at the library today...
The Organized Parent: 365 simple solutions to managing your home, your time, and your family's life
One of my newest undertakings is to be a better organized person not only for me, but for my FAMILY.
so... I also got...
Smart Organizing: simple strategies for bringing order to your home
Facing Your Giants (by Max Lucado)
The New Strong Willed Child (by Dr. James Dobson)
Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook: Over 200 recipes for easy entertaining
White House Nannies: True tales from the OTHER department of homeland security
How To Start A Business In Missouri
and last but not least...
Water For Elephants (by Sara Gruen) (the book the library is doing this year for their community -wide reading program called "One Read")
Heart Attack City!!
This morning as I was getting ready to drive back to Columbia from Waynesville, my cell phone rings.
Me: "Hello?"
Man on the other end of the line: "Is this Becky?"
Me: "yes"
Man on the other end of the line: This is Tony from the Columbia Fire Department.
*CHEST HITS THE FLOOR IN PANIC*
Me: "ok"
Man on the other end of the line: " I have a note here that you requested a fire truck to make an appearance at a preschool during Fire Prevention Week?"
*PICKS CHEST BACK UP OFF OF THE FLOOR*
seriously...
when the guy introduced himself on the phone as being from the Columbia Fire Department all I could see was visions of our home up in smoke. What a relief when I found out he was only comfirming a phone call I had made earlier last week.
Last week I called the Columbia fire department and requested a fire truck stop by pre-school as part of Fire Prevention Week. It should be cool. I think the kids will like it.
Don't forget!! The second week of October is Fire Prevention Week. Talk to your children about fires and always have an escape plan!!! Let's keep our babies safe.
Me: "Hello?"
Man on the other end of the line: "Is this Becky?"
Me: "yes"
Man on the other end of the line: This is Tony from the Columbia Fire Department.
*CHEST HITS THE FLOOR IN PANIC*
Me: "ok"
Man on the other end of the line: " I have a note here that you requested a fire truck to make an appearance at a preschool during Fire Prevention Week?"
*PICKS CHEST BACK UP OFF OF THE FLOOR*
seriously...
when the guy introduced himself on the phone as being from the Columbia Fire Department all I could see was visions of our home up in smoke. What a relief when I found out he was only comfirming a phone call I had made earlier last week.
Last week I called the Columbia fire department and requested a fire truck stop by pre-school as part of Fire Prevention Week. It should be cool. I think the kids will like it.
Don't forget!! The second week of October is Fire Prevention Week. Talk to your children about fires and always have an escape plan!!! Let's keep our babies safe.
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