What Would You Pick?

As you know, I follow John Deere Mom.  I have blogged about her give-aways before and right now, she is hosting a give-away sponsored by RunGreen.

All you have to do is read her blog, let her know what item you would really like at RunGreen and leave her a comment about it.  You can win one of the following items!


One green John Deere Christmas stocking,

one pink John Deere Christmas stocking,

and one John Deere Christmas tree topper to three lucky readers!

Now git on over to John Deere Mom and leave her a comment! 

I could be the winner!

or you could be the winner!

Word of the Week...

...is on vacation!  I shouldn't even be on here now.  I have so much to do, I don't even know where to begin.

Yesterday was the same way.  I left our house at 2:15pm and I was never home until 7:25pm!  With 2 teenagers working, Thanksgiving just around the corner and normal everyday life, I seem to be busier than ever!

So, this blog is taking a mini vacay!

Happy Turkey Day preparations! And yes, I did chase down our turkey last night.  We are going to have plenty!

Is It Just Me,-Updated

But doesn't it seem like Tuesdays come around faster and faster!

We had a fairly quiet weekend, here.  Nothing too exciting or interesting.

We did have a Harvest dinner at church on Saturday.  Then we had "left-over" lunch on Sunday.  The best part about that was when we left church, we were done for the day.  We headed home and I took a much needed nap.

Ty, on the other hand, was busy getting our yard ready for Christmas.  We have been having fantastic weather and he has actually been decorating outside for about a week.  I am not really sure how much more he has to do, but if I know him, he will keep going until Dad tells him to stop!

Anyway, that was just a little "catch-up" on our lives.

Without further ado, here is our word for the week.


~INVETERATE: –adjective

1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.



2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.

Good guessing, girls! 


This word does not come from Ty's vocab book.  I recently finished a very boring book that had some interesting words in it, so that is where this word and some upcoming words will be coming from.

How has the weather been where you live?

Happy Tuesday!

Last Friday, In Pictures

I drove through this city...

...to this church...

...to pick up these...

...so they...

(read-Beth)

...could see/hear...

We left our hotel at 4:00 pm for a concert that was to start at 7:00 pm.

We wanted to get a good parking place and good seats.

...John Waller, artist who recorded,

'While I'm Waiting', from Fireproof...

This is who Beth really wanted to see.

                                      

Jason-lead singer of 33miles

From start to finish, we were gone 7 1/2 hours. 

This is the one thing Beth really, really wanted!

Jason, Chris, Beth, Collin

I hope you had a good time, Beth, I loved spending time with you and Ty!

And just so you know, their new Christmas album is FAN.TAST.IC!

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday...

Ugh, is anyone feeling like I am feeling?  I simply have no ambition! Must be the weekend is finally catching up with me.  Oh my, and there is always too much to do on Tuesday.

What? You say you don't know about my weekend.  I guess I will have to post about that. As my mom likes to say, "You aren't as young as you used to be."  Yup, that is right!  I am not.  I just have to try and keep up with my children!

Last week, momma was the only one to guess, and surprise, surprise, she was correct!  I hope this is up early enough for others to be able to participate as well.

Have a great Tuesday, I hope you all have more motivation than me.

Anyhow, here is the word for this week.

INSENSATE: in-sen-seyt


–adjective

1.	not endowed with sensation; inanimate: insensate stone.

2.	without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal.

3.	without sense, understanding, or judgment; foolish. Congratulations, BergerBites!  You are this week's winner!  Did EJ give you the answer?!  YAY!!! Please accept this little token as my way of saying "thanks for playing".

I'm So Embarrassed!

The day Lys was supposed to get her picture taken, she couldn't decide what to wear.  Being the mom that I am, I went to her room to help her decide.

Well, when I looked in her (actually their, the girls share a room) closet, I was dumb-founded by the amount of clothing I found!

 

Mind you, this picture is of only church dresses, shirts and sweaters!

After trying on each and every each article of clothing that was near to the correct size, (yes, we had dresses in sizes she had long out-grown!) I was amazed.  Simply amazed!

This is the pile of clothes in need of parting with, as well as all the hangers!  I recently had to buy more hangers, because we were running low!

Now, I know why!

This is a true representation of the clothing now hanging on her side of the closet.

Her sister is so happy to have more room!  I can't say that I blame her.

 I am deeply ashamed of myself for letting "her"closet get so out of hand.  I guess that is what happens when one occupant of the room is "old enough" to sort/purge on her own and the other still needs mom's help.

I have learned my lesson.

Out With the OLD~In With the NEW

This weekend we said goodbye to an old friend, our couch.  The couch had just celebrated it's 9th birthday.  Couch, you were a good couch.  You just didn't stay clean!  Your fabric was not durable enough for our family of 6.  When we bought you, we were only a family of 5.  Thank you for your years of faithful service. We will miss you.  But only a little bit.

It even looked sad didn't it.

We welcomed our newest addition earlier in the week.  Say hello to our new couch. 

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to Tom's mom and Ed. You see our new couch is actually their old couch!  That is if you consider 2 years old.  We are so thankful to be able to have a couch in good condition and not have to worry about a shabby one!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Happy Wednesday

I have just the thing to make it an even happier Wednesday.

How would you like to win a $200 Best Buy Gift Card?! I mean, really, who wouldn't?   $200 to Best Buy, awesome!

Click here and read all about the new washer and dryer Angie has.  Leave her a comment with which appliance would make your life easier and you might just win! 

As you might remember , I love mine!!!

BTW, can you believe that it is November already?

Election Day! Don't Forget to Vote!

Nope, my post doesn't have anything to do with voting.  I just wanted you to remember to vote! :-)

Today is, once again, a busy day in my house.  I wanted to get this up and posted before we left for the afternoon.  I hope you are having a great first week of November.  I can't wait to hear what you think of this word.

~GARRULOUS: gar-uh-luhs


–adjective

1.	excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.

2.	wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

Congratulations, momma! You were the one and only to guess, and you are the winner!  Thanks for playing!

A Break From School

A couple of weeks ago, we had a really warm day.  It gave me a case of  'spring fever' and it was only the beginning of Fall.  I decided we would take a break and go do something fun.  Long story short, we ended up walking along the canal.

We enjoyed the warm temps, the fall colors and being away from our desks!  Here are just a few of the pictures that I took.  Beth has a whole different set on her camera.  We had a great time, and I can't wait to go back in the Spring and take more pictures.  It will be interesting to compare them.

I guess I should have labeled this post, "Children who love trees!"