2007

Where in the world did 2007 go? I don't remember 2006 and I am almost sure there never was a 2005 or 2004. In fact I think this is all a big joke and it still is 1989. Since I spent $10,000 in medical bills this year I am kind of glad to see that the year is over. Although I have to start all over tomorrow on a new deductible.

Twlight Zone

Many of you probably don't realize but the best 2 days of the year are almost here. The SciFi channel plays Twilight Zone episodes all day December 31 and January 1. Even though these were filmed clear back in the 60's they still are great to watch.

365 Days Till Christmas

Only 364 more days till Christmas 2008. Next year is a leap year so there is actually 365 more days. I seen that my mom had already bought us ornaments for next year today. If any of you have your list ready for next year just let me know so I can start working on it now. I am really surprised that the stores are not already selling Christmas items for next year. I think I have already missed the sale on swimming suits. Which is alright because no one really wants to see me in a speedo anyways.

Good Mommy

Miss Winnie has had every kind of toy to choose from while deciding what to play with. There is all kinds of little girl toys from when Lexi was little and all kinds of boy toys from Jaguar. She does every once in a while push a truck or tractor around and make the rrrrrrrr noise but 95% of the time you will see her carry around a baby doll. She will wrap them up in a blanket and feed them a bottle while saying SHHHHH to anyone around so that her baby can sleep.

Big Brother

Winnie loves her big brother. What ever he does she is right there with him trying to do the same. One day Jag was upstairs watching TV and Winnie came up and decided to join him but she had to lay down in the same position. She is constantly coming up to me or Chandra and asking where is Jag.

Snowmen

Lexi got to celebrate her birthday with her class on December 12 since she has a summer birthday. Chandra decided to make these snowmen as a snack. They are powdered doughnuts with black icing. They have a cookie hat with a rolo on top. Their noses are made out of pretzels. They made some that were just heads and said that they had melted. Chandra said it was a little tricky transporting them to school.

Christmas Day

What a beautiful Christmas day!!!

The weather was great!!

Winnie got up around 4:30 a.m. Chandra got up with her while I tried to get a little more sleep. I actually woke Lexi and Jag up around 7:30 so they could open their presents and have some time to play with them before we went down to Chandra's grandparents. Jag has been playing with his diecast tractors and trucks all day. Lexi has been stuck to her Nitendo DS since she opened it this morning. She played with it all the way down to her great grandparents and all the way home. Winnie has been playing with a little of everything including some of Lexi's and Jag's. As for me and Chandra we are ready for bed already!!!! They are getting into their moon sand that Uncle Paul bought them at this very moment. Thanks Paul!!!! Although having sand through out the entire house is not a new experience around here. I have already heard Chandra say Don't eat it and Stop getting it on the floor.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

We are just now getting the kids to bed, so our night is just beginning. Morning will probably get here a little to early too. We had a good day today. This afternoon we celebrated Christmas with Chandra's family. The kids got a lot of good stuff and so did we. Lexi's favorites were probably the mp3 player and the polka dotted picture(canvas) painted by the very talented Kristen Harris. Jag loved his die cast elevated scraper which is some type of earth moving machine. He also loved his wrecking ball made by Aunt Krissy. My favorite present was a plaque in remembrance of my horse Yo Yo. I also loved our Marty Moose glasses that Kris and Clayton got us.

Later we went to the school for the Weaver side of the family to get together. Santa Clause showed up and gave the kids presents, which seemed to be a great hit with most of the kids. My mom got 10 pairs of jeans as her present from the name exchange, must have been from someone who reads this blog. Winnie got a baby doll and a hand made cradle for it made by my Uncle Willie. She also got a hand made book shelf from her Bepaw. Tomorrow we will be going to Chandra's grandparents (Dave's mom & dad).

It is easy to get worn out this time of year with all the traveling and get together. The kids are always wound a little tight which wears on me. I always find that I need to take a second and relax and remember what this season is all about. It is hard to believe that something as precious as a baby's birth can turn into something so commercialized.

December 23

Before Church this morning we all lined up in front of the Christmas tree and got our pictures taken.

We went to Chandra's parents yesterday to have a get together with her mom's side of the family, the dreaded loony Gulicks :) Her aunt Janene gave the kids a Disney game of Monopoly. We played a game last night for 3 hours. We all had a lot of fun. Even as I am writing this Jag is asking to play again this evening.

Christmas Snoop

I have always been a Christmas Snoop. If you have my present in the house I will find it. One year my mom and dad got me a new saddle for Christmas. They were well aware of my snooping, so they hid it in plain sight. Every year when it got cold I would bring my saddle in and store it the basement. They just replaced my old saddle with the new one. I walked by it every day to leave the house and played by it and never did see it. On Christmas morning they told me my present was over there in the corner and I still looked all around the saddle and never did realize that it was the saddle.

Day Off

I took yesterday through December 27 off. However I do think I will have to do some shoeing before then because of people calling me at the last minute. Today we decided to go back to Newark Mall which used to be kind of an annual thing for Chandra and I. There is a little difference between just me and Chandra going versus now taking 3 kids along.

First of all I wanted to eat at Denny's or IHOP, can you say redneck. We drove all over town looking for either one of the restaurants which I knew was somewhere in town but could not remember where. We finally decided to eat at Bob Evans, reluctantly because of some very poor service the last few times we have eaten there. Well today they lived up to their usual standards. There was a line clear back to the door. When Chandra went to put her name in one woman said they were not taking names they were just seating people while the other woman was taking names. :0 To say there was a little confusion is an understatement. The manager came out and saw what was going on and just turned and walked away. Eventually he did walk us to our table but it had nothing to do with me having a GRUMPY moment. Chandra did light a little fire under their hind ends but I again had nothing to do with it.:) The mall was fun but stupid me decided to wear my cowboy boots because they make me feel pretty. About an hour into walking around the mall I was sorry I had made that decision. Jaguar really wanted a wallet, so I bought him one at JCPenneys. We went to Walmart afterwards to see if we could get Lexi to spend some of her gifts cards from last Christmas. She definitely saves money better than me. We decided to eat at Roadhouse on the way home which I forgot how to get there. As we were turning around to go the other direction Lexi says I see Dennys. She said it is right over there it is just a little sign. I said where I don't see it. Right there don't you see the sign and then she spelled it out for us D E N N I S. :) Needless to say we never did find Dennys but we did find Roadhouse and had a very nice dinner. We came home and made some home made hard rock candy. We are all now just a little sugared out, yes even me.

Growing Up

Like I said before I have been reading the book How To Raise A Modern Day Knight. It talks about how do we know when we are an adult. I remember when I had a AHA(or it could be a DUH) moment in my life. I had been working for the Vet hospital for a while and they asked me if I would like to move into the apartment upstairs. That would be great, I thought!! After a long day of moving my stuff into the apartment I decided to take a shower. When I got out of the shower to my dismay there weren't any towels to dry myself. Where in the world is all the towels for the last 18 years there had always been towels waiting on me to dry on after I took a shower. I had never thought about where the towels came from they were just always there. I did not have any towels of my own, never even dawned on me that I would need to have some. While drying off with some paper towels I thought to myself I bet there isn't any food in the refrigerator either. AHA I just started my journey into adulthood.

Blogging Break

I took a little break from blogging due to the fact that my mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law and all their kids were at Walt Disney World. I decided to try to fool them that we were there with them. It started out with me calling them and asking too many questions about where they were going to be the next day. Then I had my cousin Chris call and say he was having trouble with their stove, just to make them wonder why he was doing their stove. The following day I started texting them messages on their phone and just happened to get a few things right on the nose. So the more they thought I was there the more I aggravated them with text messages. I even got my dad and Courtney to answer their door with out even knocking by sending a text that said knock knock. Chandra and I had more fun messing with them from 1100 miles away then I think we would have if we had actually been there with them. I told them I was registered under the name of Don Duck at the Wilderness Lodge hotel and I had dinner reservations under the name of Peter Pan. I can't wait till they get home to compare notes and see how much we messed with their heads.

Expelled

Here is another movie.

Expelled

I guess their faith in evolution isn't strong enough to be put along side creationism. This is great you just fire those around you who do not agree with you. I guess being self employed has some advantages. :)

The Golden Compass

I have received the emails and letters about the movie The Golden Compass. I have decided not to let my children see the movie. I am not into boycotting movies, stores, restaurants and etc. but I can decide where I will and will not spend my money. I have discussed the movie with my sister but other than that I have pretty much left it alone. If someone was to ask me my opinion about it I would tell them but I am not out on the roof top screaming not to see the movie. After reading this article though it kind of makes wish I would have.

Golden Compass

First the lovely author of this article calls me a religious fear monger and then later while talking about the book says she wonders how much reading someone that denounces the movie actually does anyways. I believe if I were more educated I just might take offense to that statement. I wonder if in all the reading she does if she has ever read the bible. They always go to the same argument that isn't your faith strong enough to watch something like this and that they believe in allowing everyone to have the right to chose whether or not to watch the movie. Well that seems funny to me because as soon as it comes to evolution and creationism boy their beliefs go out the window. Isn't their belief in evolution strong enough to withstand creationism being taught also? As for me being strong enough in my faith to watch it, I have no worries that I could watch it and still believe in Jesus as my Savior. However like I have said before I am not putting trash like this in my head anymore because once it is there it is always there.