I have a very trustworthy husband.

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Wait, it is almost May right?

Okay, just checking.

Exactly.

“It’s not fair to compare a silly, boring drink like a vodka martini to a flavour bomb like The Manhattan. Even worse is the dirty vodka martini. If your desperation for flavour has you drinking olive brine, just drink gin. Please. Gin is vodka’s smarter, classier, more worldly older sister. Vodka wants to go clubbing and hook up with Johnny Redbull, that hot guy she met last week (who’s not actually that hot and wears too much cologne). Gin wants to have dinner, a little wine and really talk about stuff, like politics and indie rock.”

-Jen Agg

Sewing, sewing, sewing!

Pictures forthcoming.

That about sums it up....



Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!



I'm back!

I'm home again after nine days with six great kids (and their dog, who was equally good), double ear infection, doctors visit, church, baby shower planning, work, and a blizzard. I can't complain of boredom! Now my SIL just needs to go into labor! :)
In all the busyness we really should take a step back and enjoy the story God is telling with our lives, right now mine's pretty funny! And I plan on enjoying it. :)

I fail at the "decafalon".....

 *The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once
    again invited readers to take any word from
    the dictionary, alter it by adding,
    subtracting, or changing one letter, and
    supply a new definition.*

    *Here are the winners:*

    1.*Cashtration* (n.): The act of buying a
    house, which renders the subject financially
    impotent for an indefinite period of time.

    2.*Intaxicaton* : Euphoria at getting a tax
    refund, which lasts until you realize it was
    your money to start with.

    3.*Reintarnation* : Coming back to life as a
    hillbilly.

    4.*Bozone* ( n..): The substance surrounding
    stupid people that stops bright ideas from
    penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately,
    shows little sign of breaking down in the near
    future.

    5.*Giraffiti* : Vandalism spray-painted very,
    very high

    6.***_Sarchasm_*: The gulf between the author
    of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't
    get it.

    7.*Inoculatte* : To take coffee intravenously
    when you are running late.

    8.*Osteopornosis* : A degenerate disease.
    (This one got extra credit.)

    9.*Karmageddon* : It's like, when everybody is
    sending off all these really bad vibes, right?
    And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
    like, a serious bummer.

    10.*Decafalon* (n.): The grueling event of
    getting through the day consuming only things
    that are good for you.

    11.*Dopeler Effect*: The tendency of stupid
    ideas to seem smarter when they come at you
    rapidly.

    12.*Arachnoleptic Fit* (n.): The frantic dance
    performed just after you've accidentally
    walked through a spider web.

    13.*Beelzebug* (n.): Satan in the form of a
    mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three
    in the morning and cannot be cast out.

    14.*Caterpallor* ( n.): The color you turn
    after finding half a worm in the fruit you're
    eating.

    *The Washington Post has also published the
    winning submissions to its yearly contest, in
    which readers are asked to supply alternate
    meanings for common words.**

    And the winners are:*
    1.*Coffee*, n.. The person upon whom one coughs.

    2.*Flabbergasted*, adj. Appalled by
    discovering how much weight one has gained.

    3..*Abdicate*, v. To give up all hope of ever
    having a flat stomach.

    4*esplanade*, v. To attempt an explanation
    while drunk.

    5..*Negligent*, adj. Absentmindedly answering
    the door when wearing only a nightgown.

    6.*Lymph*, v.. To walk with a lisp.

    7.*Gargoyle*, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

    8.*Flatulence*, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up
    someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

    9.*Balderdash*, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

    10.*Rectitude*, n. The formal, dignified
    bearing adopted by proctologists.

    11.*Pokemon*, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

    12.*Oyster*, n. A person who sprinkles his
    conversation with Yiddishisms.

    13.*Frisbeetarianism*, n. The belief that,
    after death, the soul flies up onto the roof
    and gets stuck there.

Winter Blues

Usually around this time you start to hear the "when is Spring coming?!" comments. I agree the last part of winter can seem never ending and kind of "ugh", but God has made every season to His glory, and I have to remind myself of all the things I love about each one. To name a few winter favorites:


Our cozy fireplace




Hot drinks, namely coffee. Not that I don't drink coffee all year round, but it's so much more enjoyable in cold weather.



Blankets
If you know me at all, you know I have a blanket obsession. Especially soft fuzzy ones. Ask my husband about it and you're sure to get an eye roll. I don't blame him though, sometimes when they've shifted from my side of the bed, he's rudely awakened in the middle of the night to his entire body twisted into a fuzzy blanket. Poor man.

Scarves

Tights and Leggings

Soups and Stews
I love soup! Almost any kind. Throw in a loaf of bread and ta-da! Warm cozy meal. Mmmm!

And  hey, how could you not love this view?

So enjoy our lovely winter! We'll see spring soon enough!