I was editing my profile today and when I got to the favorite movies entry, I tried to think about a few more movies that would fall into this category. The first things that came to my mind are Aladin and the Lion king. I refused to list them, feeling some how immature for choosing them as my favorites. As I sat there trying to come up with better answers, I remembered the many, many times I have seen each of these classics.
Andy was totally crazy over Aladin. About 10 minutes before the end of the movie he would say over and over again how he wanted to watch Aladin. As the end drew nearer and nearer, he would get a little more frantic, being afraid that we would let the movie be over (He was 2). So, needless to say we watched Aladin all day long, day after day. You would think that after all that I would hate the movie, but that was a long time ago and I have a soft spot in my heart for the little guy. In fact I have been know to break out, at any given time in, "A whole new world."
The Lion King is the first movie we took Andy to the theater to see. We ended up owning it, and putting it on in the mornings allowed me a little extra sleep. I just love simba, and again, the music just stayed with me. "I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!..."
I have decided that I am not to proud to admit that these wonderful children's movies are definitely some of my favorites, and even top my own childhood favorite, Sleeping beauty. I hope the rest of you can still enjoy a fun kids movie once in a while!
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Thanksgiving
This thanksgiving is going to be little different than usual. This is the first time we are hosting it and I am so excited. We have Randy and Cheri coming in from Colorado just for the thanksgiving weekend. Bill will also be heading over on Wednesday night in time for church hopefully and stay the weekend. I can't wait for everyone to get here!
With the thought of thanksgiving, I have decided to list a few of the things I am sooo thankful for. I'm sure everyone out here is doing the same, Tis the season to be thankful!
I am thankful for:
-My wonderful husband and what God has given us. I remember so often back 15 years ago when he was so sick. I thought he was going to die. I tried to prepare myself and plan what I would do, but God had a different plan and I am so thankful that I have him with me each day.
-My son. God is so merciful!
-My parents and the examples they have been to me. I lean on those things so many times, even though they are far away.
-My in-laws. I am so blessed. I couldn't have dreamed of a better family. I thank God so often that he brought them into my life. They are a huge encouragement to me!
-My dear friends. God knows how each one touches me. Again I am so thankful he has brought them into my life. I can't imagine it without them!
-The Brethren. The "family" of God. It is so beautiful to be a part of it!
-My wonderful little nieces and nephews. They mean so much to me.
-My son's close friends who have become like son's to me. I truly love them.
Okay, I could go on all day, and maybe I will, but not on here. I want to try to be more thankful more of the time, not just during the "season." I hope everyone has a great time coming up with their "thankful" list!
On my own
Andy has been staying at best bud Isaiah's this week. I have a list (surprise ,surprise) of a few things that I wanted to get done while he was gone. Andy is pretty independent about getting his school work done. I don't usually get involved to much, so I didn't see having much more time than normal to get my list done. Wrong! I can't believe all I have been able to accomplish with only me here. I have all day and there is no one to talk to or to distract me from my goals.
It's amazing! I have also noticed a cleaner house. Andy is pretty good to pick up after himself (when reminded of coarse) but I have a lot less dirty dishes and laundry with him gone. Also, the Calvin and Hobbs books haven't been cluttering my kitchen table everyday! I thought that the books just magically flew off of the shelf everyday! (sometimes multiple times a day) Now I know who the culprit is!
I have also been working on getting myself around earlier. Normally I will try to clean the kitchen or do laundry first, only to find myself still cleaning the house at noon, in my robe. I have made huge efforts to rectify this problem. Yesterday I was dressed before 7 (am of coarse) and this morning I had exercised, showered and dressed by 9. I am hoping to continue this success when Andy returns. That could be a problem since getting him to take less than a 30 minute shower is nigh on to impossible, but if I get my HOT shower first, maybe he won't take so long. (hee, hee)
As I enjoy this week of accomplishments, I can't help but look into the future and think that this is how it will be in just a few short years. It takes away the joy of my peaceful, accomplished week. So, to those of you who are envying me my time alone, give your babies a big hug and a kiss, and enjoy them while you have them!
Complain, complain, complain
I feel like all I ever do is complain, and today is no different. Most of you know that I like to tackle my grocery shopping all in one day every month. I have a brand spanking new, huge walmart just minutes away, so I thought that would make the day even easier. WRONG!!
Many times in the past I have gone into walmart only to find that they are out of stock on 3 or 4 items on my list. My new walmart has carried on with that tradition and went even further. There are many bare shelves and in some areas it is plain to see that they have spread one item out along the shelf to make it look like they have more stock than they actually do.
Today I went in to get my snow tires put on while I shopped. It was supposed to take 1 hour. No big deal, I would browse for a while and then get my list of things. The list was considerably smaller than it used to be because of my previous experiences of them being out of this or that. Even though my list was only 5-6 items, they were still out of stock on 2 of them. Then to make matters worse, the car took 2 hours instead of 1! I am furious with them!
I want to boycott walmart. I am comparing prices at other stores and amazingly Walmart isn't as cheap as I thought they were!
A New Post!!
Yes we successfully moved to Redmond. Blah, Blah, Blah... I am so done with the whole moving discussion so I am not going to be blogging about it for now anyway.
Moving on...
I just got back home from Oklahoma. I had a wonderful time and feel like the Lord has perfect timing. I was able to sit in some very encouraging meetings. I enjoyed seeing my family and spending time with them, it's never enough time.
I am VERY glad to be home and getting things back in order.
Sorry so short, sad today, not in the blogging mode.
Tagged!
LADAWN
I have been tagged!
Here are the rules..
1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don't have a middle name use the middle name you would of liked to have had.
3. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.ere goes.
Here goes:
L... Listmaker. I have a list for everything. I go a couple of weeks sometimes with out using my daily planner, then I realize I am not getting anything accomplished. I need lists to function. I am extremely forgetful. We all know the old saying, "If my head wasn't attached, I would forget it." That is my life story without lists.
A... Aunt. I have many nieces and nephews. I love having them over to spend the night, or just to spend some time. As they are growing up we are able to bake together, fix hair (for some reason my nephews do not enjoy this), play games, and just plain talk. I love it. I already miss you guys!
D... Determined. I am determined to get my way! I like doing things my way and it's hard for me to give in.
A... A again, hmmm let me think. A favorite motel of mine is Daysinn. They are always nice and clean, they have breakfast and a pool and most important, they are cheap. Not really an A but a nice piece of information!
W... Worker. I like to get my work done. I hate going to town and leaving a messy house.
N... Nervous. If I'm not careful, I don't put all my faith in God and I allow myself to become nervous about a situation. Don't we all from time to time?
Warning!!
Has anyone ever heard of Curves for women? A gym just for ladies, sounds great doesn't it? I am hear to warn you about the pitfalls of Curves. I hope someone can learn something from my experience.
In January I joined curves. I loved it. I was very dedicated and made it in almost every day. The manager there was an up beat, energetic gal who was very motivating. She would always visit with us and plan games for us to play while working out.
In June she quit and the tone of our Curves changed dramatically. The new manager was always busy at the computer or putting away clothes. She seemed completely uninterested in the ladies working out. But we all decided to give her a chance to warm up to us. After several weeks, she did finally come over and chat with me once while I was working out. I thought things were improving.
The first week in July, Amanda, the new manager, informed some of the ladies that the Elma location would be closing August 1, 2007. Most of us have our Curves membership taken out of our bank accounts automatically, and Amanda said no more drafts would be taken.
I wasn't one of the members Amanda said this to, and when I went in the following day after hearing this information, I was surprised that once again she was to busy for the customers and said nothing about the store closing. I should have asked, but she seemed very busy so I didn't bother her.
I didn't return to Curves to work out after that, with a busy summer, the news of the store closing, had deflated any want to for exercise.
I was surprised however, when on July 16th Curves took my monthly membership out of my bank account. I went down right away to see if there was some misunderstanding. The girl in Curves at the time was very rude and told me that Curves wasn't closing, they were moving to a new location 10 miles away, but the manager would be in the next day and she would have her call me.
When I talked to Amanda, the manager, the next day( I went in, but she was just about to call me, yeah right) she was very condescending and said they had changed their minds about closing, they were indeed moving. I have a telephone they have my number. None of the members were contacted about this "change," and everyone still had to pay. Well, I won't go into the hairy details of the conversation, but I did give my cancellation in writing so that there wouldn't be anymore confusion. Amanda rolled her eyes and was condescending the entire time, but especially when I told her I was giving my cancellation in writing. She thought I should trust her word that she wouldn't charge me anymore.
I haven't been back for a workout since, but my Curves membership came out of my account again today, August 16. I'm not happy. When will this end?! They have over 30 members who are quitting because of the location move, and if they charge all of them for 2 extra months, that's over $2000.00!! Sounds like they've got a racket going on to me!
I have contacted Curves International over this matter, and I am trying to file a complaint with the BBB. Hopefully I will get some money back!
If you ever join curves, I would suggest paying the monthly payment instead of having it withdrawn automatically. It's about $10.00 more per month, but I have payed $73.00 extra so far. We'll see how next month goes.
I know there are those of you who are battling this along with me, feel free to copy and paste any part of this to form a complaint at www.curves.com
Moving
We have been planning to move to Central Oregon for a few months now. We have given our notice to be out by the end of the month. I guess it is time to get serious about moving. We are going down to try to get a house next week. We have made many, many long distance moves, not counting the local ones, in our 16 years of marriage, but this time I feel more nervous. I have prayed about having faith in the matter, but I just haven't been able to shake the feelings.
Our ministry last night was about having more faith, in fact the minister used some scripture that is very special to me. I know that God can take care of all things and I need to leave my cares with him. I am thankful that God helps us along in our lives, like giving me what he gave lastnight. It is our daily manna. Hopefully I can remember it and hold onto it for a few days!
I've been Tagged!!
How many of us aren't being tagged lately? Well here's my life story.
Here are the rules:
1. I have to post these rules before I can tell you eight things about myself
2. I will tell you eight random facts/habits about myself
3. If you are tagged, you write your own blog post about your eight things (include the rules)
4. At the end of my blog, I will choose eight people to tag, and list their names
5. Don't forget: Leave them a comment telling them that they've been tagged!
Here are the facts:
1. I have 3 younger brothers and no sisters. My mom is a girly-girl and she was determined that her one and only girl would be ALL girl, so I was in curls and ruffles as a small child. I naturally followed in her footsteps and had no use for bugs or dirt, the fun things my brothers wanted to play with. I do remember Lee (my brother closest in age to me) and I playing Starwars. In my mind it was a love story so it was ok to play with the action figures.
2. I met my husband when I was 5. My family moved from Oklahoma to Oregon and I was able to meet many of the people who greatly affect my life today. I didn't want to move to Oregon and often cried and prayed to go back. Then when I was about 12 I had a dream that we did move back and I had to say goodbye to all my close friends in Oregon. It was a true nightmare and I never had the same feelings about Oklahoma again.
3. My least favorite chore is dusting. I remember going to each of my grandmother's homes and the help they wanted was dusting, so they probably hated it too. It must be hereditary. I only do the dusting if I have overnight guests coming and sometimes not even then. Maybe someday when I have grand daughter's my house will be dusted more often.
4. One of my pet peeves is the misuse of the words seen and saw. I am definitely no grammar buff, but for some reason every time someone does this I mentally correct them. For example people say, " I seen Bob yesterday" It should be " I saw Bob yesterday." Seen should be used with have. "Have you seen Bob?" or " I've seen you everywhere today, Bob." Every time someone says " I seen... " I automatically add an okie accent to their words in my head. Just a crazy little thing about me.
5. I had laryngitis at my bridal shower the week before my wedding. My good friend Trina sat up front with me and as I would mouth a big thank you to someone, and use my eyes and face to relate how I felt, she'd say, in a very mellow tone, "She says thank you." She has such a great sense of humor!
6. I used to get canker sores all the time. Growing up it seemed like I was always fighting one of these, including on my wedding day! I had been fighting sickness (remember the laryngitis) and in the end I had a monster fever blister in the corner of my mouth for the wedding pictures. Oddly enough, after I had Andy I didn't have them as much, but he did! At one point when he was 7 we made him cut way back on pizza, spaghetti, ketchup, and the sort (all of his favorites) because he couldn't get rid of the soars. As he has aged it has gotten better for him but he does have one as we speak.
7. I have served hairy home made noodles to company. We were having some dear old friends over to do some reconnecting. I spent all day making home made noodles and the works. As we were sitting over dinner we ALL found hair in our noodles. I had not pulled my hair back when cooking and I guess I was doing some big time shedding that day. I was sooo mortified. The company assured me all was fine. Truly I can't think of anyone I would have rather had over in that experience. Thanks for still loving me even after eating my hairy noodles Trina!
8. I have fallen bottom first into an un-flushed toilet with the seat up. Remember my 3 younger brothers. I do love them. I am a deep sleeper and I was practically sleep walking to the bathroom one night to relieve my bladder. I awoke rather suddenly and wasn't to happy about it as you can imagine.
I am tagging: Kali, Trina, Michelle G, Teresa, Gale, Mary, Cherrie,& Marisela
As most of you have been tagged recently I suppose that list will do. The rules are subject to interpretation.
The life of a list-maker
I love organization, making lists, cleaning shelves, ect, hence the name of my blog. I also love organizing other people's things. When I visit my mother, I enjoy cleaning out her pantry and reorganizing kitchen shelves. My mother is a fabulous house keeper, but like all of us she has some areas she hasn't had the time for. Some of my near and dear friends have made a few comments lately about how I don't understand having clutter because I am so "organized."
