Entries from November 2007

November 19, 2007

Time

Our preacher has started a new sermon series on time and what we, as Christians, do with and should do with our time. His premise is that if a person lives 70 years, after allotting time for sleep and work, we essentially have 12 million minutes left in a lifetime that is “ours”. So what [...]

November 11, 2007

Something’s Not Right Here

I’ve been feeling rather strange lately. And it’s a bit disconcerting. Because usually I don’t feel this way until much later in the month. No, it’s not my monthly “womanly” cycle. No, I’m not pregnant. Instead, I’m inexplicably all aflutter with the…Christmas spirit!
I’m normally a bit of a holiday “purest”. Nothing Christmas happens in my [...]

November 7, 2007

The Only Reason We’ll Be Watching the CMAs Tonight

We try and leave extended family business out of our musings, rants, stories, etc. This is a blog about us and our nuclear family and we don’t want to tread on their privacy and business. But…
We’ll take a moment to just brag a bit and call attention to the Country Music Awards that are going [...]

November 7, 2007

You know it’s a good party when…

…you end up with underwear on your head!

Thank you to “Juncle” for the Spiderman underwear!
More birthday photos on Flickr.

November 6, 2007

Unplugged

So, my baby turned three last week and with that momentous milestone came some big changes. He’s pretty much potty trained, so I removed the training potty chair from the bathroom and got him one of those seats that fits over the regular toilet seat to accommodate smaller bums. And he must now stand at [...]

November 2, 2007

The Birthday Boy Sleepeth

It’s not easy being three!
Tuckered out and it was only 1:15 pm! (He’s still asleep at 2:55 pm! This is the first nap in over a week!)
I did get him up early this morning to do a little celebrating before JBelle went to school. Then it was off to Meredith’s for a little Blogger chit [...]

November 1, 2007

Halloween Recap

I think it was my Twitter buddy Rex, who tweeted yesterday something along the lines of, “when did Halloween become a four day weekend?” Rex man, I hear you!
We started celebrating Halloween last Saturday night with the return of a beloved party thrown by some dear friends. The party included a chili cook-off contest to [...]