Short Update

Well... I haven't updated in a while... this seems to be a trend. But Amanda told me I needed to update, so here's a small one.

Two weekends ago, I went to Lynchburg on Saturday for Amanda's shower. We had a wonderful time and it was so great to be with all my girls again. I miss the days when we all lived right there together and were together every day! It's so fun to catch up and just talk about our lives. We had the shower at Meghan's house, which is so beautiful by the way! Thank for hosting it Meghan! Then I got to go to Ren and Garrett's apartment and hang out there for a while. I have pictures from the day but I'm too lazy to go to the other computer to post them right now! Haha. Anyways, what a fun day! I need an excuse to get all the girls together at my house sometime!

This coming weekend Anthony's parents and maybe (hopefully) Jeremy are coming to visit. We haven't seen them since the summer so we're looking forward to that. I think we'll probably go to Skyline Drive and/or the pumpkin patch so that should be fun. I can't wait till Thanksgiving comes so we can finally get to VA Beach for a visit. It's been so long since we have seen everyone! I took the Friday after Thanksgiving off, so we'll be there from Wednesday to Sunday so it will be a nice break for us.

In other news, (haha, I sound like a news reporter) there are only about 4 1/2 weeks till Matt & Amanda's baby is here! I am so excited and cannot wait to see and hold her. It has been so long since I've held a brand new baby! And I'll finally be allowed to know her name! I have a guess but I'm not telling... ;).

Well, I better be off to bed. The Red Sox are playing right now, but it's not looking too good and I never make it for the whole game anyways. I hope they pull it out so they can make it to the World Series! Go Red Sox!

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Just wanted to give a quick update... I am procrastinating on cleaning.

Ashley found a new job! She is the receptionist at the spa at Wintergreen now. She gets free services there (sweet) and she can make commission from selling the products. So sounds like it could be a fun and good job.

We had our food show at Expo this week. It was completely hot and I was sweating bullets the whole day. But it was good other than that. We had Star Wars impersonators there since it was a Hollywood theme. We had Darth Vader and a Star Trooper. The customers could get pictures taken with them and it was my job to take the pictures. It ended up being a lot of fun really. Hopefully I can get my hands on some of those pictures and put them up. The guys who did it were really nice and they do it for charity so it's really cool of them.

Fred, my buddy from Shelburne, came to visit me on Friday afternoon at work, so that was nice. He said I need to update more often, so this is for you Fred. I miss those guys up on the hill!

Well, I need to go watch our video for our Sunday School lesson, and I suppose I can procrastinate no longer. The bathroom's not going to clean itself......

Random Thought

So in between the shows Anthony was watching, we flipped to this show on TLC about these parents who adopted all these down's syndrome children. I think they must have had 24 children altogether, all of them not living at home anymore, obviously. But just during the few seconds I saw the show, all of the 6 or so kids I saw, all had down's syndrome. I was just thinking the other day how devastating it would be to find out your child had down's syndrome, but here this couple is wanting and taking in those children. What amazing people they must be! That must be how we are to God.... we have things that hinder us from doing what we should, sometimes we even fight it. Even still, God seeks after us, he wants us to be his children. What an awesome God we serve!

Delayed Thursday Thirteen

I had wanted to do the Thursday Thirteen yesterday, and I thought of a good topic, but I didn't get around to doing it. So here it is, better late than never.

Thirteen of My Favorite TV Shows

*Suvivor - the show that sparked this topic, because the new season started yesterday - I have been watching ever since the second season

*Lost - I love the complexity and the fact that I am no where near understanding what is totally going on - I love shows or movies that make you think

*Desperate Housewives - this show is my guilty pleasure

*Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - makes me cry nearly everytime - I like this one because I think it brings out the best in people - one of Anthony's cousins almost made it on this upcoming season!

*House - everybody needs a doctor show - he's mean and nasty, but it's just addictive

*Law and Order: SVU - I don't normally watch the new episodes, but I like watching the reruns on USA

*Amazing Race - looks like so much fun... if I had to pick a reality show to be on, it might be this one

*24 - Anthony got me into this one, it's so intense!

*American Idol - who doesn't love this? I think my favorite part is the idiots who think they can sing

*Friends - reruns obviously, we watch it a lot while we are eating dinner - it's been fun watching it with Anthony and see him get into it with me

*Iron Chef America - "a la cuisine!" - Anthony got me into this one too

*Alias - not on anymore.... sad... but worth mentioning because it was so great.... Amanda and I were so obsessed that we made spy names... mine was Savannah Bentley... same initials as Sydney Bristow.... how I miss those days!

*House Hunters - I love to guess which house they will pick


So there are my shows....

I played Bunco tonight and won the last Bunco. I got a $10 gift certificate to the Milmont Greenhouse, so I may go and see if I can find something there tomorrow. Pretty much same plan tomorrow as all Saturdays.... clean, work on shed, grocery shopping, maybe go out to eat. Yay for weekends!

Weekend

The weekend has been good so far. I went to lunch with Ashley yesterday, that was nice. I cleaned today, in record time I think. Started on my accounting homework. I also got a haircut and went shopping today. I like the haircut, I got it at High Tech, which is an uppity-up type place. I've never been to a place like this before. It cost $27 big ones. I am waiting to see how it is tomorrow after I've "done" my hair myself and see if it's actually any better than when I get it cut at Wal-Mart. I'm feeling my next hair cut will be at Wal-Mart. I'm not one to spend $27 on a haircut. (That's before the tip, mind you.) I got a couple of tank tops on sale at JC Penney, and a pair of Khaki pants at Maurices. They have big girl clothes there now... yay! The funny thing is they label some of the "big girl" clothes with sizes 1, 2, and 3. I guess it makes you feel better than buying clothes sized 16, 18, 20, etc, etc. "Yeah, I wear a size 1".... haha. Anyways, so I bought these khaki pants because I have none that fit me and I need a pair to wear at our food show on the 26th. So I had to force myself to pay full price for something just for the necessity of needing it by next week. It was nice to have a little shopping time though.

Anthony got a good amount done on the shed today. He got the drip edge up on the back, reinforced the roof with some more nails, and put the tar paper on the roof. So he made good progress today. I helped cut the tar paper, so I did my part. :) I absolutely can not wait until it is done. I am unbelievably proud of him for doing this entire thing by himself.

We opened the windows for the first time this weekend. I LOVE having the windows open. One of my favorite things is hearing the crickets and various bugs "singing" at night. That's something I remember from when I was little, so it's nice to hear it now.

One last random story before I go prepare for our SS lesson tomorrow. Last Sunday Mom, Ashley, Zoe, and I went to the mall. Well while Ashley and I were finishing up shopping (or lack thereof) Mom took Zoe to the little play thing in the mall. When Ash and I were done we went and sat with Mom. Well, Zoe was just running around at 100 miles a minute and having a grand old time. Every now and then she would run up and hug the 3 of us, one at a time. One time, she ran up and did the hug routine, and then she stopped and stood there and said "I so happy!". It was hillarious and SO cute. She was just so elated to be playing there. A good reminder to let the little things in life bring you joy.

Thursday Thirteen

Well, first of all, before the Thursday Thirteen, I'd like to ask you to pray for my sister. She was falsely accused of something at work and is meeting with her boss tomorrow. So please pray that God will work the situation out. And onto the 13....

Today, I am feeling a bit down because of that situation, and I (as well as my mom, and probably Ashley too) are just feeling beaten down, like it's just one thing after another for us, all bad, by the way. I'm growing weary of this time of my life and wondering when something good is going to come. At the same time, I am feeling like I am growing a lot. I know I am growing spiritually; the Beth Moore Bible studies are doing wonders for me. Also, I have been exercising in the mornings for about the past 5 weeks or so now. I started out walking, but then about 2 weeks ago I discovered yoga on tv at 6 in the morning. So I've been doing that since then. It is really hard, but I am enjoying it. I don't think I have lost any weight yet, but I feel better about myself if nothing else. Anyways, all that to say, I am weary and don't feel like thinking a lot or being creative, so I am going to do.......

13 Things I Do At My Job

1. Fill information into an accounting report every morning. Stuff like our sales, gross profit, credit, etc., etc.

2. Match up receiving documents to the corresponding PO (Purchase Orders).

3. Receive inventory into our computer system.

4. Stamp invoices with the date we received them.

5. Match invoices up to their corresponding PO's and receiving documents.

6. Write up the invoices on a little half sheet of paper that displays all the information I need from it.

7. Enter the payables (invoices) into our computer system.

8. Total hours on time cards.

9. Calculate the pick pay bonus for the night crew.

10. Submit 401K deferrals online.

11. Help new employees fill out insurance enrollment forms and submit those forms to the insurance companies.

12. Sort, attach stuff to, and distribute paychecks.

13. Update more spreadsheets than you've seen in your life and complete a billion and one reports throughout the month!


So that's my job in a nutshell! Now you know exactly what I do.

I am so glad it is almost the weekend. We don't have any big plans really. Hopefully Anthony will be able to get a lot of work done on the shed. I'm sure we'll take our weekly trip to Walmart and maybe rent a movie. Anyone know any good movies to rent? I am also on the 4th Harry Potter book now, The Goblet of Fire. I'm about half way through and I can't wait till I finish it so I can reward myself by watching the movie. Well, I have lasagna in the oven and hopefully it will be done soon so that's all for now! :)

Thursday Thirteen

So Dawn, Amanda's sister, inspired me to do this Thursday Thirteen thing. I had never seen it before I saw it on her blog. I think it sounds like fun and it's really a good way for people to get to know you better. I'm going to start with 13 Things I Love About My New House.

In no particular order...

1. The sunburst window in the spare bedroom. I'd like to get some kind of window treatment that is made for that kind of window someday.

2. The layout of the house. It makes such good use of space and makes our 1400 square feet seem bigger than it really is.

3. Our bedroom/closets/bathroom in the master. It really seems like a master "suite" because of the way it is layed out. Almost feels like a hotel or something. :)

4. Our big yard. I want to play with our kids in that yard, and it's nice that us and the neighbors aren't right on top of each other.

5. The air conditioning system. It seems to be really efficient and has kept our electric bills pretty low so far.

6. All the cabinet space in the kitchen. I still have space I have not filled yet! Enough said.

7. The hardwood floors in the living room. They are beautiful and the allow me to have a cool rug too!

8. The closets in the bathrooms. I have more than enough storage in my bathrooms. I keep non-bathroom things in the hall bathroom since we don't really use that one very much.

9. The front porch and back deck. I love just sitting and enjoying the outdoors though that is hard to do in the summer because the mosquitoes eat me alive! I'll be able to do that more when it gets a little cooler.

10. This isn't directly a part of the house I guess, but it's in the house so it counts to me and it's my blog so I'm allowed to do whatever I want.... haha. I love that we have some furniture from my grandparents in our house. When my grandma moved out of her house and in with my aunt and uncle, we bought (at a very discounted price, mind you) some of her furniture from her. We have their dining room table, Lay-Z-Boy rocker, TV, TV stand, and end table. It just seems special because it was my grandparents' stuff. Especially the end table because my grandpa actually made that.

11. I love that we got to basically pick everything out ourselves, so everything is pretty much exactly the way I want it to be. Everything came together so nicely and I am so pleased at the final product.

12. I love the area the house is in. The reasons are many. First of all, it's a really nice, quiet neighborhood. Everyone always waves, even though you don't know them. It's right near the base of the mountains so they can't really make the neighborhood much bigger. I love the mountains. It's also not too far from everything.

13. Ours is different. Though the style is similar/the same as many others, no one else has gray siding with navy blue shutters. The trend seems to be the tan siding with burgandy shutters, so I'm glad ours is not like everyone else's.


Hopefully I can keep this up each Thursday. Pretty fun really.

This past weekend, we made our last big purchase form Lowe's for the shed. Anthony's got all the plywood up. He needs to go back and reinforce with some more nails and then he'll be on to siding and shingles. It's really going to be a nice looking shed when it's all done. I'll post a picture when I take another. That's all for now!

P.S.: Happy 21st birthday to Jeremy!