Long Time.....

Hey, I know it's been a few days. We had a good weekend. We stay busy but I like that. Today however, we kind of chilled. We had our playgroup Halloween party this weekend which was fun. It's gotten colder here which is nice. I've spent my afternoon on the phone...I hate that. It's such a waste, especially since most of it was on hold. In fact, I am still on hold....YUCK. Anyway, we had a good weekend. I'll write more later.

Sunshine

I just got a phone call from a friend telling me her mother passed away tonight. They were friends from our church in NC. Mary always used to sing, "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day...." I thougth to myself, now she's really got sunshine. It makes me sad to think that a family has lost their mom and their grandmother, their sister. This family has gone through a lot, the father died about a year and a half ago. I can't imagine the pain they've felt. I remember when my grandmother died, it was so sad but Papa was still here so it was almost as if that pain was pushed down. Then when he died, it just felt so horrible because I was dealing with both deaths. As I think about Mary's life tonight, she loved missions and she would always do competitions for VBS and she did a big dessert auction to raise money. It was crazy how much money that woman could get for a pie (she did have a great auctioneer that played dirty, no nose scratching if you know what I mean). She had so much spunk to her. I'm also reminded that life is fleeting. It makes me sad that at some point, I'll have to deal with the death of a parent. I can't imagine how that must feel. It also makes me realize that life is short and that I want to be a peaceful person. It's too short to have regrets and what ifs. I want to live life being honest with others so that I don't let things build up and get the best of me. I don't want to be angry or bitter. I don't want to have ugly things to say about people, I want to let petty things go and hold on to what is important. If you think about it, pray for Mary's family. She left a strong legacy for them and I know their hearts are broken tonight.

Great Omaha Steak Deal is no more

It appears the Omaha Steak deal is done....I guess they were giving away a lot of $25 giftcards. I hope some of you got to take advantage of it.

One more before Night Night....

Tonight Addy and Keegan and I took a walk (Levi was reffing). We went to see some Halloween decorations. Texans go all out for Halloween. I've never seen anything like it. Addy is pretty timid with that kind of stuff. She likes it but doesn't like it if you know what I mean. So, as we're walking there, she starts kind of cowering away. I looked over at Keegan who is jumping up and down so excited and said, "Keegan tell Sissy not to be a scaredy cat." To which Addy replies (in a very grown up tone), "Mom, I'm not scared of cats, just Halloween decorations." I stand corrected:)

GREAT Omaha Steak Deal

Okay so it's been a while since I posted about a GREAT deal. I was reading a blog today and found out about this deal. I've always secretly wanted to try one of these and now I have...woohoo!! Okay so here it is if you're interested....
1. You go to this link. You don't have to have Geico, you don't have to switch to Geico. It just gives you a username for their website...they will email you within a couple of hours with a link to a gift card code. It is for $25 to Omaha Steaks. Check your spam folder, mine came within the hour.

2. Then go to this link. Let me know if it doesn't work for some reason. It should say something like, poncey76@hotmail.com has shared yada yada with you. Type in your email address. You'll get an email confirmation right away. And in that email, there is a link to start shopping. After you get your code from step 1, use that link to order the burgers (described below0. It will automatically give you the 12 free 4 oz. burgers. The 12 free won't show up in your cart until you check out, so don't panic.

3. When you get your gift card code and go to the link through the step two link, you'll be at the Omaha Steaks website. In the left hand sidebar, click on the link for "burgers/brats" etc. Scroll down until you see the option for "eight 5 ounce steak burgers" for 12.99. Add that to your cart, then checkout. (Note: apparently the $12.99 option doesn't work for everyone, if you get through the next step and it doesn't work, go back and get the $14.99 option. It will cost you $2 more out of pocket, but you'll get that much more meat.)

4. At checkout, enter your address and info. You should see your burgers for $12.99 and the free burgers. They ask for payment....they added $13 for shipping but don't worry, that will come off once you enter that BIG ole' code from your gift card email. Before you enter your credit card (or paypal - one of the payment options is "pay by paypal" if that is easier for you), enter your gift card code and hit "apply" or whatever the button says next to that. That should take your total down to roughly $1.98.

How cool is this??? I'm excited to get my burgers in the mail...cooler and all!! Let me know if you do this deal!!

The Fall--NOT the season

Today I took the kids to their music class. We had to go to the restroom. Keegan discovered the button on the water fountain and wouldn't leave it. I went to get him and turned the corner. My foot hit some water and started sliding...it was kind of like slow motion (and I'm totally okay about being laughed at). My left foot started sliding (and yes I left skid marks) and I couldn't catch my balance. I am holding Keegan by the way, an extra 27 lbs. My right leg just gave way and it looked like I was doing a herkie (sp). It was my first herky or however you spell it. The lady at the desk looked up and saw me sitting on the ground in a herky and got a rag and came over. She cleaned up the water and made sure I was okay. There wasn't a lot of water, and my kids were both dry, thankfully. Anyway, I ended up filling out an incident report just in case. I'm fine, just embarassed, it's been a long time since I've fallen in public.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved a pumpkin with the kids over the weekend and went to a fall festival thing at a local business. We had a lot of fun. I'm blogging about it because I have to show you this picture. At some point, Addy gave Levi a sticker, can you find it? Well, obviously Levi forgot about it and was so into his pumpkin carving. I laughed as I took pictures because I knew he had no clue he had a little yellow sticker right on his forehead. I thought I'd share:) Addy enjoyed watching Daddy carve the pumpkin but was grossed out by the gooey "hair." Keegan could have cared less, he was playing on the swingset the whole time. I also included a picture of the fall festival at the nursery. They had a great time.