what?

This little boy just ran up to me and thrust a cup in my face. He then said "Mommy, can you fill this with fresh milk from our cow?"

"What cow, we don't have a cow."

"Yes we do, come see."

So I followed Graedon to a drawing of a cow on the door. (It's a chalkboard door so it's okay to draw on).

"Here it is!" he said proudly.

I asked him how I was going to get milk from that cow to which he explained that I needed to get milk from the "fridgerator." He may have slowly passed his hands over his eyes in an effort to keep his patience with me. 3 year olds.

a big thank you...

God has truly been blessing us lately. Here is Molly & Grae with their mouths stuffed with heart candy. Someone left us a basket of goodies at church that included a gas gift card, a mall gift card, wine, heart candy, cocoa, pudding, pencils, marshmellows and homemade banana bread. We don't know who did it but if you read this blog: THANK YOU! It sure lifted our day.

Brian's parents gave us some money as well as, get this, Kettle chips, chocolate milk, eggs, ham and a bunch of fruit. We've been enjoying this break from soups, beans and rice. I've been stuffing my face with chips and loving every minute ;) I feel like I can go back to the grindstone with renewed vigor. Thank you God.

I've also taken a break from sewing diapers to sew dresses for Ellie and Molly. So far I've got two done for Ellie and one for Molly. I have plans for more but need to go back to sewing diapers on Monday. It feels so good to create something again!

my almost present

See what I unwrapped last night? I've been wanting an Ipod for awhile to listen to podcasts while I sew. Obviously I can't get one right now so imagine my surprise when this little gem was bundled with a delicious chocolate bar.

Brian explained that he found it on a walk a week ago. He posted a "found" notice on Craigslist and no one contacted him. So he gave it to me. I got to looking around on it and found a few pictures and one was a house I recognized. So this morning I took a walk and found the house. I'm happy that the Ipod will make it back to its owner but sad because I really want it. It's even my favorite color ;)

So when we take our family walk this afternoon, we'll stop by the house and see if it is indeed theirs. So it was my almost present.

**Update: We stopped by the house and the mom told us she didn't even know her daughter had lost her ipod. Ooops.However she recognized it right away and thanked us. She seemed surprised that anyone would take the time to return it, which is sad. So the tale has ended with no ipod for me but a great lesson in honesty for the kids and that is a great present.

armor

Here's mister man demostrating the armor of God verse for his sisters. He tried to sneak a little Spiderman in but I nixed it.



Eph 6:10-17 (NIV) ...Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

No job for Brian yet but he's bound to get a job eventually right? We're dropping health insurance for our family in 5 days. It's $200 a month, which is pretty cheap but I would rather buy groceries. There is only so many beans and rice a person can eat in a week ;)

We have a long list of things that we want when Brian gets a job. I want Burgerville. Grae wants a Spiderman shirt. The girls want a meal of Kettle chips, ham, special cheese and hot cocoa, otherwise known as Sunday night special (thanks to the Shubins for the inspiration). I have to admit that sounds really, really good. I can not resist chips.

Anyway off to sew and try not to think about tasty, crunchy chips. Yummmmm.....

No matter what...

No matter what side of the aisle you're on, this is funny!

Speaker Pelosi said that 500 million Americans will lose their jobs. Umm, Speaker, there are only about 300 million Americans living right now.



Oh and she called President Bush and idiot.

a new business

Here's our new money making venture. We're pretty excited about it and hope to have it running in late March?

Miss Label