When were you last in ocean waters? In Hawaii…oh man do I miss it too!
When did you last fly over ocean waters? On our way home from Hawaii….thanks a lot for making me miss it again.
What ocean sports activity seems like the most fun? Surfing but there is no way I would actually do it.
What are your thoughts or feelings about public aquariums? We love them and visit as many as we can.
What are your thoughts or feelings about sushi? I will pass!!!
I was going through my pile of stuff that had started to accumulate over the months and ran across the invitation to Joels cousin’s wedding. One of the really neat parts was that it was one of those that you could plant and it would grow wild flowers eventually. When Joel and I got married there were not readily available wedding invitations like that. I don’t think that we would have used that kind but it’s just a really neat idea since those typically just get thrown in the trash. I tell you we will always live in a society though where every couple of years new and better will come out for things like weddings and children stuff that we will think man I wish they had that when…
I just got an e-mail from Target and it was talking all about a huge Online Early Back Friday Sale that they were going to have. I’m sorry but that to me is just as lame as the Cyber Monday that a lot of companies have started to really put a lot of big products and time into. I do enjoy Black Friday and Joel and I enjoy doing this together but when you start extending this long tradition to days beyond and now in the middle of summer I just don’t get it. Granted I am more of a traditional girl so it takes time to get use to new things.
Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat an apple? Dipped in Carmel… is there anything better?
Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat berries? On top of a shortcake with whipped topping.
Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a banana? In banana bread…yummy!
Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a peach? That would be mixed with cottage cheese!!!
Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a pineapple? In a Pina colada…granted that is more a drink than food.
When we went on our trip earlier this month we got the chance to meet and observe a very large omish family from Sturgis MI. They too were visiting the Creation museum and spending a few days there in Cinicinatti. They were a super larger but nice and well behave family group. One of the nights that they were there at the same time as we were a large amount of the children were in the pool. One of the kids set off the exit alarm by bumping the door. We the part that brought this memory back was an on and off smoke alarm of ours going off. It was 9 years old and needing to be replaced but none the less it did try to have some fun with us last night because it was so weak it did not sound like a fire alarm but more an exit alarm really.
Most neighborhoods have at least one place that’s (according to lore) haunted. What the haunted place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story? I honestly can not think of one… of the three houses I grew up in the first 2 were when I was really young and the other was only for a few years. Then we moved to a new subdivision so those kind of lore’s didn’t go around….
Most neighborhoods have at least one place where some kid (according to legend) did something daring, dangerous, and most likely stupid. What’s the place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story? The answer is really the same from the first one…sorry to be so boring.
Most neighborhoods have some lame building (like a bank or a gas station) where there used to be something much, much cooler. What’s the place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story? So I actually have a story for this one. The last two houses that I grew up in were less than a mile apart and there was one main road that was between the two places. Our school was on that road but so was a one little gas station that had even stopped serving gas. It had the nick name “The Belmont Mall” . I know it’s weird but it was the one stop place in Belmont that you could get most things especially candy. There are somany little back when stories to the place that both my parents and grandparents use to tell stories about. I wish I could find more info and this really makes me want to look for more!
In most neighborhoods of our youths, there are a few places that almost always cause us to say, “That’s the place where I _________.” What’s one such place in the neighborhood where you grew up, and what’s the story? Well this is funny but honestly the place I talked about before is the that place that people still recount stories from and about.
Where in the neighborhood where you grew up would you most likely run into someone today who knew you when you were a kid? Most anywhere in the Rockford area because there were so many kids that I went to school with. I graduated with 417 kids.
For a while now I’ve been looking at a way that beyond the classes I take at the gym to be able to fit more exercise time in here at home. Well I had kind of narrowed down the idea of looking into treadmills so that I could find a used one at a good price that would fit our needs. Well when my parents said they were going to throw their treadmill into my Grandma’s poll barn for storage I jokingly said we’d store it for them. She took us up on the offer immediately and then a few days ago when they were moving told us to store it forever as they aren’t sure they will have room in their next house. I am so excited because now I can try to get a few miles each day in on the treadmill and still take classes at the gym that I enjoy come fall time. We are so thankful for this awesome gift from my parents.
So there have been times where I wanted to look into getting a bigger better camper. However the more I talk to others and see what other people have I am thinking we are pretty well off for a while longer in our camper. We were able to get it at a great price and it has more than enough room for our family to sleep in it, the main purpose, and stay cool and dry. I’m also realizing that we got it at a good time when it came to financing it as well. We had friends that had to drive to Iowa to get the right fit camper for their family because either the ones around here were not the right size or they were not able to get rv financing on it. We had no problems with either of those things and we are completely sheltered and safe in our camper. This alone has made me realize that I need to be thankful for this and look at the great things we are going to be able to do even as the kids grow. Because even as space gets to be tight there are things that the kids will no longer need for us to take with us and thus freeing up more storage space. I am reminded more and more that I need to be thankful for all of the great things I do have and just enjoy the moments. I know that we are staying putt in our house for a while and the camper can last us a long time!!!
I just love hearing about people who have just discovered Costco. It was just a few years ago for me but it really is just a place that you can get things you never dreamed that you could get at a Bulk Store. My favorite thing to hear about is when people see that they sell caskets there. A lot of comments that I’ve recently heard have been about if the next step is for them to get into funeral planning. If you think about that though that would really take it to a whole different level and honestly I pray that they never do. When we were visiting with some friends recently though they had just gone for their first time and just had the fever like we do. I just had to share the funny observation though that everyone seems to make.
In the fairy tale of your life, who is the knight in shining armor? My husband of course granted it is only because I was bless by God for putting him in my life.
In the fairy tale of your life, who is the evil villain? Satan is and will always be that evil villain that I strive to keep away frommy heart at all times.
In the fairy tale of your life, who is the loyal, comedic sidekick? My kids provide so much humor and laughs in my life.
In the fairy tale of your life, what comes right after “Once upon a time…?” I was so bless in life by God that….
In the fairy tale of your life, who is the fairy godmother? The only one that can grant my prayers and sometimes even wishes is God and if they are not meant for me then he shows me the correct path!