I know, I know, behind again!
We went to my parent’s house this weekend and Dad BBQ’ed Ribs, and Jonathan and I agree, they were the best ribs we have ever had! My mom and sister and I stepped out of the house for a bit to do some shopping, None of us bought anything, but we sure had fun, I wanted to but I am officially broke, I did advise my mom and sister and fashion of course, LOL. They both put an outfit on hold. I hope they are able to get them, because they looked like a million bucks!
This weekend I am devoting myself to getting the house clean! It went awry due to my serious lack of motivation; I am blaming it on the tooth extraction, which, by the way, is doing very well now. I still have a little swelling that could keep part of my lip numb for another 2 weeks, but I am almost used to it. I have to learn how to chew all over again, because the muscles atrophied while I wasn’t eating solid foods. It is quite the experience.
Friday I went with my boss to out new location that will be complete tomorrow in Mukilteo, it was really cool to see it in progress and help get it finished. My boss has done an amazing job putting it together! Today I am back to my regular desk bound schedule which is good, cause a bit of work piled up! This weekend Aunt Linda is coming up and we will be going to the Seattle Art Museum, known to us Seattleites as “SAM” I am excited, I have not been there since my Freshman year in College, which was a while ago… anyway there is so much to see and they are always changing the exhibit, even then you could never see it all in one visit! I am definitely looking forward to it.
Well, that is all for now!
God Bless!
The Up's and Down's, In's and Out's of daily life with a loving husband, a sweet boy, a fun-loving gal and a new life in the Philippines! God has indeed blessed us.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Weekend Warrior?
The Dreaded Wisdom teeth removal weekend is over. On Friday I went to the oral surgeons and they hooked me up, and I promptly lost consciousness. I woke up sometime later with my jacket on in a different room… They say I rode in a wheelchair, but I certainly don’t remember it. They gave Jonathan maintenance instructions for me and we went home. I spent most of the time hungry and speechless, while Jonathan waited on me and I watched way too many hours of mindless Television. I watched Star Trek and Home improvement shows, we watched A Walk to Remember, Ice Age, and then later Laura lent me “Laura” which was interesting… I also saw the TV versions of Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman. Jonathan did banking on the computer. The pain meds make me really dizzy and disoriented. I am back at work and just on Ibuprofen, not as effective for the pain, but no debilitating effects. The first day my lip stayed numb for 21 hours. Every once in a while one spot still feels numb, but it comes and goes. I cannot smile- it is too painful and the attempt looks more like a grimace than anything happy. I received an adorable get well card from the Ferguson’s- with a cute kitten and Jonathan got me pretty flowers to cheer me up. I am very glad it is over with and can’t wait to chew something again, and brush my teeth!
God Bless, Chris we are praying for you and your surgery, and Grandma- we are really glad that you are ok and back home. We love you all!
God Bless, Chris we are praying for you and your surgery, and Grandma- we are really glad that you are ok and back home. We love you all!
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Fun, Food and Laughter
Hello!!
This weekend has been great! Dan and Joy met us early Saturday morning to go through a Corn Maze a few miles South of us. We had a great time, working our way through the maze. Each maze had 6 stops with posts driven into the ground with a unique shaped hole punch that you could use to prove that you made it to each spot. It was a blast! After the maze we came home and stuffed a turkey and put it in the oven for 3 hours. Joy took a little nap as she had been up late due to work the night before. Then we played an exciting game of Poker and waited for Anna, Josh and Sarah to show up. By the time of their arrival only Dan and Joy were left in the game, and we started more intense dinner preparation, mashing potatoes and preparing the crescent rolls and yams for the oven. Once we pulled the tukey out we put in the yams and rolls. Then Jonathan carved the turkey and I made Gravy. Everything came together and Ken (a friend of Anna's) arrived and we prepared to feast. Jonathan said the blessing and we dug in! Sarah told us a story of how she got mugged by monkey's in Costa Rica, we almost died of laughter. Afterwards we played telephone pictionary while our bodies made room for dessert. Dessert was wonderful! We had a pumpkin pie and chocolate cream pie and vanilla and pumpkin ice cream. It was delicious! After that people slowly headed home, all it all it was a success!
Today Jonathan and I made use of our leftovers for sandwiches, Yum.
That is out great weekend!
God Bless!
This weekend has been great! Dan and Joy met us early Saturday morning to go through a Corn Maze a few miles South of us. We had a great time, working our way through the maze. Each maze had 6 stops with posts driven into the ground with a unique shaped hole punch that you could use to prove that you made it to each spot. It was a blast! After the maze we came home and stuffed a turkey and put it in the oven for 3 hours. Joy took a little nap as she had been up late due to work the night before. Then we played an exciting game of Poker and waited for Anna, Josh and Sarah to show up. By the time of their arrival only Dan and Joy were left in the game, and we started more intense dinner preparation, mashing potatoes and preparing the crescent rolls and yams for the oven. Once we pulled the tukey out we put in the yams and rolls. Then Jonathan carved the turkey and I made Gravy. Everything came together and Ken (a friend of Anna's) arrived and we prepared to feast. Jonathan said the blessing and we dug in! Sarah told us a story of how she got mugged by monkey's in Costa Rica, we almost died of laughter. Afterwards we played telephone pictionary while our bodies made room for dessert. Dessert was wonderful! We had a pumpkin pie and chocolate cream pie and vanilla and pumpkin ice cream. It was delicious! After that people slowly headed home, all it all it was a success!
Today Jonathan and I made use of our leftovers for sandwiches, Yum.
That is out great weekend!
God Bless!
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Do Something Nice
Hello all!
Well, it turned out that I was able to see Alias after all, I felt sick enough to go home form work and sick enough to not want to go anywhere that evening, so we stayed in and watched Alias. I am really looking for ward to this weekend, The Rowe’s and Sherman’s are coming over to celebrate with us. Not that we have anything specific to celebrate, we just are. So we are going to a corn maze then coming back to cook a full scale Turkey dinner and play games while it cooks. I am so excited!!!
According to my work calendar today is “Do Something Nice Day” I was unable to find any history on it so I guess it’s just one of those thing someone said and it got picked up by some other folks. October is also National Pizza Month, among other things!
We had a lot of fun this last weekend in Longview, we saw Serenity (I highly recommend it) and basically played games and took it easy. The relatives came over and we had a great time visiting. I look forward to our next visit.
Well that’s about it.
God Bless!
Well, it turned out that I was able to see Alias after all, I felt sick enough to go home form work and sick enough to not want to go anywhere that evening, so we stayed in and watched Alias. I am really looking for ward to this weekend, The Rowe’s and Sherman’s are coming over to celebrate with us. Not that we have anything specific to celebrate, we just are. So we are going to a corn maze then coming back to cook a full scale Turkey dinner and play games while it cooks. I am so excited!!!
According to my work calendar today is “Do Something Nice Day” I was unable to find any history on it so I guess it’s just one of those thing someone said and it got picked up by some other folks. October is also National Pizza Month, among other things!
We had a lot of fun this last weekend in Longview, we saw Serenity (I highly recommend it) and basically played games and took it easy. The relatives came over and we had a great time visiting. I look forward to our next visit.
Well that’s about it.
God Bless!
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Calling for Help from all Alias Fans...
******Being Thursday Jonathan and I have Thursday Night Party. Unfortunately we are the only Alias fans among the usual group, and it is not at our place tonight, so we are going to miss the season premiere!!!!!!!
SO- if any of you have a working TV and VCR- I would be unbelievably thrilled if you could record it for me... especially if I am going to be seeing you soon.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I will even give you a new blank tape if you want...
If you think you can help me out, please leave a comment or give me a call to let me know so I can rest easy. ******
Thanks- I love you all (even if you don't like Alias)
God Bless!
SO- if any of you have a working TV and VCR- I would be unbelievably thrilled if you could record it for me... especially if I am going to be seeing you soon.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I will even give you a new blank tape if you want...
If you think you can help me out, please leave a comment or give me a call to let me know so I can rest easy. ******
Thanks- I love you all (even if you don't like Alias)
God Bless!
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Back to My Boring Blogs...
Hello all!
All has been well up here, Joy was bored so she came over to visit and share dinner with us, then Laura joined us. We tried Papa Murhy’s “Big Murphy” stuffed pizza- and boy was it good! A single slice was like 2 slices of a regular pizza! Jonathan, Laura and I played a great game of poker- Jonathan was the first one out, then it was just Laura and I! I managed to whittle her down to just a couple of dollars before she had to head home, so all in all (from my perspective) it was a great game!! Work has been going well. One of My co-workers spent the weekend in Hawaii and brought back an anklet for each of us, it is really pretty! I have a window in my “cubicle” and just love to watch the leaves change colors. Jonathan and I are looking forward to visiting all the folks in Longview this weekend. I am not looking forward to a consultation about having my wisdom teeth removed. And we are looking forward to some new fall traditions, last year we went to a corn maze near by and had a great time! This year we are going to do it again and have some friends over to go with us and follow it up with a turkey feast! I am really excited. Then come December we will head to Leavenworth with Dan and Joy on our annual Tree lighting trip! Then Christmas will come!! I simply cannot wait to sing Christmas Carol without being chastised by all who know me!
Well that’s life in a nutshell.
God Bless!
All has been well up here, Joy was bored so she came over to visit and share dinner with us, then Laura joined us. We tried Papa Murhy’s “Big Murphy” stuffed pizza- and boy was it good! A single slice was like 2 slices of a regular pizza! Jonathan, Laura and I played a great game of poker- Jonathan was the first one out, then it was just Laura and I! I managed to whittle her down to just a couple of dollars before she had to head home, so all in all (from my perspective) it was a great game!! Work has been going well. One of My co-workers spent the weekend in Hawaii and brought back an anklet for each of us, it is really pretty! I have a window in my “cubicle” and just love to watch the leaves change colors. Jonathan and I are looking forward to visiting all the folks in Longview this weekend. I am not looking forward to a consultation about having my wisdom teeth removed. And we are looking forward to some new fall traditions, last year we went to a corn maze near by and had a great time! This year we are going to do it again and have some friends over to go with us and follow it up with a turkey feast! I am really excited. Then come December we will head to Leavenworth with Dan and Joy on our annual Tree lighting trip! Then Christmas will come!! I simply cannot wait to sing Christmas Carol without being chastised by all who know me!
Well that’s life in a nutshell.
God Bless!
Friday, September 23, 2005
The Descent of Autumn
Hello all! It’s officially fall, not just because the calendar says so, but because the leaves are turning a beautiful red color and we had our first fire in the fireplace last night at Thursday night get together. We sat and sipped tea- it was quite enjoyable!
I am excited… I get to go visit my Grandma and Grandpa Nesler tomorrow!!! I haven’t seen them in ages! Life is good, I am now officially dreaming of Christmas and attempting to withhold the carols that I want to start singing, but can’t until after Thanksgiving. Sigh. It was (and still is) cold this morning, my breath was quite visible when I was outside- I am wearing a sweater today, I love cozy sweaters!!
The only negative thing about fall is that everyone seems to be getting sick, including myself. I am going to fight this onslaught as hard as I can, but I have a feeling that I will eventually have to succumb. Oh well.
There is not a lot going on right now, so that is really it. Hope you are all enjoying the autumn colors as much as I am!
God Bless!
I am excited… I get to go visit my Grandma and Grandpa Nesler tomorrow!!! I haven’t seen them in ages! Life is good, I am now officially dreaming of Christmas and attempting to withhold the carols that I want to start singing, but can’t until after Thanksgiving. Sigh. It was (and still is) cold this morning, my breath was quite visible when I was outside- I am wearing a sweater today, I love cozy sweaters!!
The only negative thing about fall is that everyone seems to be getting sick, including myself. I am going to fight this onslaught as hard as I can, but I have a feeling that I will eventually have to succumb. Oh well.
There is not a lot going on right now, so that is really it. Hope you are all enjoying the autumn colors as much as I am!
God Bless!
Monday, September 19, 2005
What really Happened
It is a lovely sunny Monday morning. I have an African Violet sitting with its smiling purple face in my window here at work. All is going well, Jonathan and I really enjoyed ourselves Friday night, we ended up not going dancing, but we did spend a riotious evening with Kristin and Natalie. We met Nat’s boyfriend and enjoyed delightful Mexican hot chocolate with marshmallows, while playing “Trivial Pursuit” It got late so we left before the end of the game, but my team was tied for first.
Saturday morning we went to the Puyallup Fair!! What fun! We looked at many things, including a very impressive Dahlia Display. We had a caricature of us done and went on a couple of rides. And we ate!! We have Pete’s BBQ and an Elephant ear, and a horse and cow pie. I think the horse was my favorite and next time I will just forget the cow. We looked at all the livestock, I decided that I wanted a goat, then changed my mind and wanted a llama instead. Though, if I ever had a barnyard animal I would really just want a horse. But the llama’s were a lot of fun.
We arrived home just after Chris and Jan showed up and enjoyed some time together before hitting the sack. Sunday was enjoyable and relaxing.
I will try to post some pictures when I get home for your enjoyment.
That’s all for now folks!
God Bless!
Saturday morning we went to the Puyallup Fair!! What fun! We looked at many things, including a very impressive Dahlia Display. We had a caricature of us done and went on a couple of rides. And we ate!! We have Pete’s BBQ and an Elephant ear, and a horse and cow pie. I think the horse was my favorite and next time I will just forget the cow. We looked at all the livestock, I decided that I wanted a goat, then changed my mind and wanted a llama instead. Though, if I ever had a barnyard animal I would really just want a horse. But the llama’s were a lot of fun.
We arrived home just after Chris and Jan showed up and enjoyed some time together before hitting the sack. Sunday was enjoyable and relaxing.
I will try to post some pictures when I get home for your enjoyment.
That’s all for now folks!
God Bless!
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Finally, another Blog from Renton...
Hey all!
Well life has been good! I love my new job and it is going really well. For those who want the details, here goes.
I am the “Design Center Coordinator” for SuperFloors, a company that sells flooring, countertops and window treatments to buyers of new homes. They buyers come in and pick everything out then it is installed into they new home! It is a cool store as I am surrounded by hardwood, nice carpet and beautiful granite! My job includes assisting the design manager and scheduling appointments for our designers, who walk through with the buyers and assist them in their choices. Each appointment is usually 2-3 hours long, and I have to make sure that the designers don’t get double booked , and make sure that the buyers get in before their deadline. So far it is really good, once I am accustomed to this they will give me more to do, so I won’t get bored!!! YAY!!
This is going to be a fun/crazy weekend, Friday night Jonathan and I are going to go hang out with friend Kristin who we haven’t seen in ages, and go swing dancing at the Washington Dance Club. I am really looking forward to it!! Then Saturday we are heading to the Puyallup fair!!! I love the Puyallup fair I have been there almost every year that I can remember, except last year cause we were way to busy with the wedding an all that. So I am looking forward to it. Also, it is the day that Laura comes back to Seattle!!! Yay, we have missed her (shhhh, don’t tell, she will get a big head).
Anyway Chris and Jan will be staying with us overnight after moving Laura back up. Then, on Sunday morning I am meeting my aunt Wendy at FloorCo (which is a flooring company we own that sells to the public) and we are shopping for flooring because I have a discount with work and I can get all my relatives a similar discount! She just bought a fixer upper, so I get to be of some help!
Also we will be putting hardwood floor into our dining room!!! I cannot wait!! It’s so beautiful, its red birch and wow. You will all have to come up and see my new pretty floors!
Then of course we have church and Jonathan and I are both on the worship team Sunday night. So that is our weekend. We got a letter from Grandpa Larry and Grandma Ruth that we enjoyed reading. It was as good as a blog! It included an wonderful picture of Grandad Ferguson with Mike.
We Love all of you!
God Bless!
Well life has been good! I love my new job and it is going really well. For those who want the details, here goes.
I am the “Design Center Coordinator” for SuperFloors, a company that sells flooring, countertops and window treatments to buyers of new homes. They buyers come in and pick everything out then it is installed into they new home! It is a cool store as I am surrounded by hardwood, nice carpet and beautiful granite! My job includes assisting the design manager and scheduling appointments for our designers, who walk through with the buyers and assist them in their choices. Each appointment is usually 2-3 hours long, and I have to make sure that the designers don’t get double booked , and make sure that the buyers get in before their deadline. So far it is really good, once I am accustomed to this they will give me more to do, so I won’t get bored!!! YAY!!
This is going to be a fun/crazy weekend, Friday night Jonathan and I are going to go hang out with friend Kristin who we haven’t seen in ages, and go swing dancing at the Washington Dance Club. I am really looking forward to it!! Then Saturday we are heading to the Puyallup fair!!! I love the Puyallup fair I have been there almost every year that I can remember, except last year cause we were way to busy with the wedding an all that. So I am looking forward to it. Also, it is the day that Laura comes back to Seattle!!! Yay, we have missed her (shhhh, don’t tell, she will get a big head).
Anyway Chris and Jan will be staying with us overnight after moving Laura back up. Then, on Sunday morning I am meeting my aunt Wendy at FloorCo (which is a flooring company we own that sells to the public) and we are shopping for flooring because I have a discount with work and I can get all my relatives a similar discount! She just bought a fixer upper, so I get to be of some help!
Also we will be putting hardwood floor into our dining room!!! I cannot wait!! It’s so beautiful, its red birch and wow. You will all have to come up and see my new pretty floors!
Then of course we have church and Jonathan and I are both on the worship team Sunday night. So that is our weekend. We got a letter from Grandpa Larry and Grandma Ruth that we enjoyed reading. It was as good as a blog! It included an wonderful picture of Grandad Ferguson with Mike.
We Love all of you!
God Bless!
Monday, September 05, 2005
Labor Day Picnic
Hello all! I am quite ashamed at my lack of blogging, now that life is interesting I don't have time to tell you about it. I am sure I will blog a lot about nothing now htat it is slowing down a bit!
We decided that we ought to see the Port Orchard Riedesel's and called up Gloria, unfortunately most of them had plans, but luckily Gloria was free, so we decided to meet in Tacoma and split the drive. We had a delightful Picnic and explored a bit of Tacoma.
At the end of the day we headed to The Old Spaghetti Factory for Dinner, wow was it good! Then we stopped to get me some shoes so we could go dancing! We found a great Salsa Spot on 19th and Fawcett, called "The Abbey". It is an old church building, and it was a lot of fun! I was able to learn some new things and remember some old ones!
Any way - we love you all and hope you enjoy our photos!
God Bless!
We decided that we ought to see the Port Orchard Riedesel's and called up Gloria, unfortunately most of them had plans, but luckily Gloria was free, so we decided to meet in Tacoma and split the drive. We had a delightful Picnic and explored a bit of Tacoma.
At the end of the day we headed to The Old Spaghetti Factory for Dinner, wow was it good! Then we stopped to get me some shoes so we could go dancing! We found a great Salsa Spot on 19th and Fawcett, called "The Abbey". It is an old church building, and it was a lot of fun! I was able to learn some new things and remember some old ones!
Any way - we love you all and hope you enjoy our photos!
God Bless!
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