Lately

Just wasting some time here until my hubby calls to say he's ready to meet for dinner. Did you know that Barleycorns has a basket of chicken tenders for 96 cents on tuesdays and all of the chicken sandwiches on their menu are FREE on wednesdays! Free! No money! I have planned the first ever family movie night tonight because Target had Toy Story 3 on sale today for $15! We own the first two and I have heard rave reviews for 3 so I felt it was important to own it. So we are going to meet Daddy for a cheap dinner at Barleycorns and then head home for popcorn, halloween candy and Toy Story 3!

She might be excited ;o)

Trick or treating was fun this year. I was at a loss as to what to dress Annie as. I was uninspired by all the costumes I saw and so I was down to the wire. On thursday I googled "last minute costume ideas" and found a how to make your own tutu! It was perfect! I have quite a few elastic headbands in Amelias drawer that her father wont let her wear. So all I needed was 3 yards in two different colors of tulle which happened to be on sale for $1.39/yard! I choose purple and white because the girls could wear the sweatsuits pictured in my previous post and have a nice warm halloween costume! Now the only problem is that I have two big puffy tutu's sitting in the living room that need a home... I see a costume box in our near future :o)

Joe's mom and I took the girls trick or treating saturday afternoon at crestview hills mall where there was no less than a million kids present! But it was fun to see her amazed that they would put candy in her bucket Every Time!

Sunday night all the cousins gathered at our house for the perfect little Halloween walk! The children acquired a nice sized stash. And I actually had fun watching them all do what my siblings, the Gautrauds and I perfected as an art so many years ago! I really wanted to grab Beth and JP and say "You have to run! Don't bother with sidewalks, jump through the hedge and beat the polite little children making their way up the sidewalk! We can hit this whole town in an hour and a half if you just listen to years of trick or treating wisdom!!!" Instead I shook my head and said "its not in the plans" when JP asked if he could continue on up the street past my house.

I know I have mentioned it before but oh how I love my womens bible study group! We are really good about sticking to the subject and covering everything in our allotted time. I love the insight that the other women have about what I studied all week long. I love acquiring the knowledge about things that had me stumped during the week. We have been talking a few times lately about laziness and accomplishing things that need to get done instead of spending time on other things like FB or blogs (gasp!). I have been feeling rather convicted lately about the time that I spend on the computer, mostly because I watch shows and sit and eat during the girls naps and I have been convicted of my eating habits and I thought that probably if I cut out the TV time I would cut down on a lot of the eating too much junk. So I am currently formulating my plan to cut back and therefore loose at least 2 pants sizes! Especially because I will need to get skinny in the next 4 months!!!!!
Which brings me to my one and only little sister getting engaged!!!!!! "Oh bliss" She has a time line of getting married in February! I am so excited for her! I want to dance and twirl and watch her try on dresses and go to this really fun sounding bridal expo and historical event at the Art Museum next week!
I can't believe she is getting married to a man who she won't have known for a whole year when they say "I do"! God is good and He has shared His saving grace with Zach Lux! I love him so I know Kelly does too ;o)
Alright enough dreaming and sitting on my rump. Time to fold the laundry that sits in front of me as I type and wipe up the dust that I can see layered on my furniture :o( Yuck! To the glory of the Lord and the satisfaction of a job well done!